State v. Christen

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Defendant Donald Christen appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Somerset County, Marden, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of unlawfully furnishing marijuana in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A § 1106 (1983 & Supp 1996). 1 On appeal, defendant contends that the court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the defense of competing harms. 2 Defendant also argues that the second sentence of the statutory formulation of the competing harms defense constitutes a content based restriction on speech that violates the First Amendment. Finding no…