State v. Gilbert

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, Reginald Gilbert, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered by the Superior Court, York County, in accordance with a jury verdict finding him guilty of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, 1 17-A M.R.S.A. § 209 (1983), and possession of a firearm by one previously convicted of a crime punishable by one year or more incarceration, 15 M.R.S.A. § 393 (1980). Gilbert argues on appeal that the presiding justice erred by refusing to grant his motion for acquittal, and by refusing to instruct the jury on the permissibility of the use of deadly force in…