State of Maine v. Thomas W. Cost

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2026 ME 57

Docket: Lin-25-379 Argued: May 7, 2026 Decided: July 9, 2026 Panel: STANFILL, C.J., and MEAD, CONNORS, LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS, LIPEZ, and TAUB, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. THOMAS W. COST MEAD, J. [¶1] Thomas W. Cost appeals from a judgment of conviction for domestic violence criminal threatening (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 209-A(1)(A) (2023),1 entered in the trial court (Lincoln County, Billings, J.) after a jury trial. Cost argues that the court committed obvious error in failing to provide a self-defense jury instruction for the charge…