STATE v. SOULE


767 A.2d 316 (2001)

2001 ME 42

STATE of Maine v. Jeffrey SOULE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey A. Rushlau, District Attorney, Leane Zainea, Deputy Dist. Atty., Belfast, for State.

John L. Carver, Joseph W. Baiungo, Carver, Kimball & Baiungo, Belfast, for defendant.

Panel: WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.


RUDMAN, J.

[¶ 1] Jeffrey Soule appeals from the judgment of conviction for aggravated criminal trespass (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 402-A (Supp.2000),1 entered in the Superior Court (Waldo County, Pierson, J.) after a jury trial. He contends the trial court erred when it refused to instruct the jury on the defense of competing harms.2 We agree and vacate the judgment.

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