State v. Michaud

ROBERTS, Justice.

Leonide Michaud, Jr., appeals his conviction of murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.1991), entered in Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) after a jury trial. On appeal, Michaud argues that the court erred by i) failing to give an “adequate provocation” manslaughter instruction, and ii) erroneously instructing the jury on the issue of causation. Finding no merit in either contention, we affirm the conviction.

On December 2, 1989, the defendant went to Mid-Maine Medical Center in Wa-terville and shot his father three times in the chest, killing him. The…