STATE v. ASANTE

Docket: Aro-19-134.

236 A.3d 464 (2020)

2020 ME 90

STATE of Maine v. Marcus ASANTE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: June 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rory A. McNamara, Esq. (orally), Drake Law, Berwick, for appellant Marcus Asante.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Donald W. Macomber , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellee State of Maine.

Panel: MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HUMPHREY, HORTON, and CONNORS, JJ.


[¶1] In this opinion, we consider whether the trial court erred in its jury instructions regarding the self-defense justification that Marcus Asante asserted in defending against a murder charge and in its jury instructions on the elements of robbery. Asante appeals from judgments of conviction of intentional or knowing murder...

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