State v. Dodge

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Bernard Dodge was convicted by a Washington County jury of assault with a dangerous weapon upon Victor Ma-har. 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208(1)(B) (Supp. 1977). 1 Defendant has timely appealed from the Superior Court judgment entered on the jury’s verdict. We deny the appeal.

From the record the jury would have been warranted in finding the following sequence of events. On the morning of Saturday, July 16, 1977, the victim of the alleged assault, Victor Mahar, was collecting rubbish along his usual weekend route in Pembroke. He made a routine stop at the residence of…