State v. O'BRIEN

NICHOLS, Justice.

The Defendant, Robert Sutton O’Brien, appeals from a judgment of conviction for manslaughter, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(B) (Supp.1980), 1 entered on June 12, 1980, in Superior Court, Piscataquis County, pursuant to a jury verdict. Presented for our review are two issues addressing the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal and the court’s jury instructions on the issue of self-defense.

We affirm the judgment of conviction.

At trial the testimony of several witnesses disclosed that the Defendant lived in constant fear of the victim of the alleged manslaughter, Alton Gordon,…