STATE v. OKIE

Docket: Ken-09-131

987 A.2d 495 (2010)

2010 ME 6

STATE of Maine v. John A. OKIE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: February 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. DeTroy, Esq. (orally), Russell B. Pierce, Esq., Aaron K. Baltes, Esq., Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, ME, for John A. Okie.

Janet T. Mills, Attorney General, Donald W. Macomber, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, ME, for the State of Maine.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN. JJ.


GORMAN, J.

[¶ 1] John A. Okie appeals from two judgments of conviction for intentional and knowing murder, 17-A M.R.S. § 201(1)(A) (2009), entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Jabar, J.) following a jury trial. Okie argues that the court improperly instructed the jury as to the defense of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity, that it erred in refusing his request for a curative instruction following the State's closing argument...

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