Opinion ID: 2279895
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Heading: Motion for Proposed Jury Instructions

Text: [¶ 5] As a preliminary matter, we decline to address the defendant's challenge to the denial of its motion for proposed jury instructions. A conditional guilty plea entered pursuant to Rule 11(a)(2) preserves for appellate review rulings on certain pretrial motions. A motion for proposed jury instructions in not a pretrial motion within the meaning of the rule. See M.R.Crim.P. 11(1)(2) advisory committee's note to 1985 amend., Me.Rptr., 479-487 A.2d LIV-LV (principal use of conditional guilty plea is to provide review of evidentiary motions, such as motions to suppress or motions in limine ). Whether a defendant is entitled to proposed jury instructions depends on whether such instructions are necessary in light of the evidence generated at the trial. See State v. Moore, 577 A.2d 348, 350 (Me. 1990).