McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Tried before a jury in Superior Court, Knox County, defendant Elmer Hutchins, whose legal name is John Ford, was convicted of aggravated assault under 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208 (1980 Supp.). The assault occurred on March 10, 1977, at the Maine State Prison, when prison guard Linwood Olson was struck by a brick dropped from the third floor window of the prison's upholstery shop. The blow fractured Olson's skull.
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