State v. Rainey

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Gary Rainey appeals his convictions entered after jury trial in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Bradford, J.) for the intentional or knowing murder of his stepdaughter and her fiancé, 17-A M.R. S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983), and for an attempt to murder his stepson with a firearm, 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 152(1), 201(1)(A), and 1252(5) (1983). Defendant raises several issues concerning the jury instructions. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his requested instructions on adequate provocation manslaughter and self-defense on the murder counts, in failing to…