Opinion ID: 2344458
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Illegal Importation of a Scheduled Drug and Unlawful Possession of a Scheduled Drug

Text: [¶ 11] Buchanan also contends that evidence of the prescription is independently relevant as to the charges of illegal importation and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, and not simply the charge of illegal trafficking. Buchanan asserted before the Superior Court that evidence of the prescription was relevant only as to the trafficking charge, the court's ruling pertained only to that charge, and the court accepted Buchanan's conditional guilty plea solely on that basis. Accordingly, the question of the relevance of the prescription for the illegal importation and unlawful possession charges has not been preserved for our review in this appeal, see M.R.Crim. P. 11(a)(2), and we do not address the issue further. We nonetheless vacate Buchanan's convictions as to these counts because his guilty pleas as to all three counts were conditioned on his right to appeal the court's ruling regarding the admission of the prescription as it pertained to the charge of unlawful trafficking in a scheduled drug. The entry is: Judgment vacated. Remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.