State v. Lord

ROBERTS, Justice.

David Lord was convicted of terrorizing, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 210 (1983), after a jury trial in the Superior Court (Sagadahoc County, Perkins, J.). Lord appeals from that judgment, claiming that the court erred by not instructing the jury on justification and that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. We conclude that the evidence was sufficient, but that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to instruct the jury on justification. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment.

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Lord had an ongoing dispute with his neighbor over the property line between their…