State v. Powell

WATHEN, Justice.

The defendant, David Powell, was convicted of aggravated criminal mischief, Class C, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 805 (Supp.1982), after a trial by jury in Superior Court, Washington County. The defendant assigns as error the court’s instructions to the jury on the elements of causation and value. Since the instructions on value constitute obvious error we sustain the appeal.

On the evening of April 24, 1981, the defendant and an officer of the Lubec Police Department engaged in an extended vehicular chase through a blueberry field. The resulting collision between the two vehicles caused…