State v. Barretto

[¶ 1] John Barretto appeals from a judgment of conviction of aggravated assault (Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 208(1)(B), (2) (2007), entered in the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Hunter, J.) upon a jury verdict of guilty. Barretto argues that, in addition to the court’s instruction on the use of deadly force in self-defense, an instruction on the use of nondeadly force in self-defense was generated by Barretto’s testimony that he was defending himself from attack when he used a knife against the victim. We discern no error in the court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the use of nondeadly…