STATE v. PRESTON

Docket: Cum-10-137

26 A.3d 850 (2011)

2011 ME 98

STATE of Maine v. Ryan J. PRESTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: August 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine C. Hanly, Esq. , Robert J. Ruffner, Esq. (orally), Law Office of Robert J. Ruffner, Portland, ME, for Ryan J. Preston.

Stephanie Anderson , District Attorney, Darcy Mitchell , Student Intern (orally), William J. Barry , Asst. Dist. Atty., Portland, ME, for the State of Maine.

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


MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] Ryan J. Preston appeals from a judgment entered on the Unified Criminal Docket (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 209(1), 1252(4) (2010).1 Preston argues that the statutory provisions defining deadly force2 and discussing defense of

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