Legal Opinion
State v. Bard
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 28, 2002PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDana, J.
[¶ 1] Barry Bard appeals from judgments entered in the Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County, Mead, J.) following a jury trial finding him guilty of assault (Class C), 1 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207(1) (1983), criminal threatening (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.A § 209(1) (1983), and violation of a condition of release (Class E), 15 M.R.S.A. § 1092 (Supp.2001). Because we agree that the evidence generated a self-defense instruction, which the court did not give, we vacate the assault conviction.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] Bard and Shirley Garland were romantically involved; in April of 2000 he met her at a bar in Bangor…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- State v. WinchenbachSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
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