State v. Thurston

Majority: CLIFFORD, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.

Dissent: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, J.

GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Darrell J. Thurston appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Hancock County, Marden, J.) upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of assault (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 207(1)(A), 1252(4-A) (2008); and criminal mischief (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 806(1)(A) (2008); and not guilty of obstructing report of crime or injury (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 758(1)(A) (2008). Because we agree with Thurston *908that the evidence presented at trial generated a self-defense instruction that the…