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STATE v. SAVAGE

573 A.2d 25 (1990)

STATE of Maine v. James H. SAVAGE, Jr.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Garry L. Greene, Asst. Atty. Gen., (orally), Augusta, for State.

Michael J. Welch (orally), Hardy, Wolf & Downing, P.A., Lewiston, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

James H. Savage, Jr. appeals his conviction for murder following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsche, J.). Savage primarily challenges the jury instructions relating to self-defense and adequate provocation manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

Savage was a lead singer and rhythm player in a blue grass band called the Shilo Mountain Boys, led by the victim, C. Sumner Morrill. Shilo Mountain...

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