Checks if the given entity is marked with status NEW. Returns `False`
        if the entity has no state information.

def is_marked_new(self, entity):
        """
        Checks if the given entity is marked with status NEW. Returns `False`
        if the entity has no state information.
        """
        try:
            result = EntityState.get_state(entity).status == ENTITY_STATUS.NEW
        except ValueError:
            result = False
        return result