State v. Dumond

[¶ 1] Paul Dumond appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) following a jury trial convicting him of assaulting a police officer and failing to submit to arrest. On appeal Dumond contends that his justification defense required the jury to determine whether his initial arrest was illegal and that therefore the court erred when it refused to give instructions defining the specific offenses that motivated Dumond’s arrest. Finding no error, we affirm.

[¶ 2] The relevant facts presented at trial may be summarized as follows: In February of 1998 at…