State v. HANAMAN

[¶ 1] William A. Hanaman appeals from a judgment of conviction for intentional or knowing murder, 17-A M.R.S. 201(1)(A) (2011), entered in the Unified Criminal Docket (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) following a jury trial. Hana-man contends on appeal that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of adequate provocation to reduce the murder charge to manslaughter, pursuant to 17-A M.R.S. 201(3) (2011); 1 see also 17-A M.R.S. 203(1)(B) (2011).

[¶ 2] Hanaman argues that the instruction was generated by the evidence, and that, contrary to the trial court’s…