State v. Frye

GODFREY, Justice.

Appellant Robert E. Frye was indicted for Class A Robbery under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651, committed in December, 1976. The indictment charged that “while armed with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a firearm, and by threatening to use force” appellant committed theft. A jury found him guilty of the charge alleged in the indictment. Pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1252 he was sentenced to serve the mandatory four-year prison term.

Appellant asserts that the trial court erroneously charged the jury concerning the meaning of “dangerous weapon” by instructing it that a dangerous weapon includes…