State v. Childs

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice. 1

Maurice Childs, the defendant, was indicted for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon the person of one Jean Gilbert allegedly committed on October 31, 1974 in the Town of Sabattus, Maine. Tried before an Androscoggin County jury, Childs was convicted of the offense charged. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and ensuing sentence. We deny the appeal.

Two claims of error have been briefed and presented to us for our consideration, (1) whether the Justice below committed reversible error in his instructions to the jury in the use of…