STATE v. TAUVAR


461 A.2d 1065 (1983)

STATE of Maine v. Timothy TAUVAR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Povich, Dist. Atty., Sophie Spurr (orally), Michael L. Ross, Asst. Dist. Attys., Ellsworth, for plaintiff.

Silsby & Silsby, Raymond L. Williams (orally), Ellsworth, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Timothy Tauvar appeals a judgment of conviction for criminal trespass, Class E, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 402(1)(D) (1983), following a jury trial in Superior Court, Hancock County. Because we sustain the defendant's challenge of the jury instructions concerning "lawful order," we vacate the judgment.

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