State of Maine v. Philip L. Clark

MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision:

2021 ME 12

Docket: Pen-20-18 Argued: February 10, 2021 Decided: March 16, 2021 Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ. STATE OF MAINE v. PHILIP L. CLARK JABAR, J. [¶1] Philip L. Clark appeals from a judgment of conviction for intentional or knowing murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2020), entered in the Unified Criminal Docket (Penobscot County, Stokes, J.) following a jury trial. He contends that the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of adequate provocation, as set forth in…