State v. Grant

GODFREY, Justice.

Indicted for attempted murder with a firearm, 17-A M.R.S.A. §§ 152, 202(1)(A) (as amended by P.L.1975, ch. 740, §§ 36, 40), aggravated assault with a firearm, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208(1)(B) (as amended by P.L. 1975, ch. 740, § 43), criminal threatening with the use of a firearm, 17 — A M.R.S.A. § 209 (Supp.1979) and reckless conduct with the use of a firearm, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 211 (Supp.1979), John R. Grant was convicted of all four offenses after a jury trial in Superi- or Court, Hancock County. On appeal, he asserts that the trial justice erred in refusing to instruct the jury on…