Case Name: STATE of Maine v. Edward E. PINKHAM
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1987-01-16
Citations: 520 A.2d 341
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE of Maine v. Edward E. PINKHAM.
Judges: Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 520
Pages: 341–341

Head Matter:
STATE of Maine v. Edward E. PINKHAM.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
Argued Jan. 14, 1987.
Decided Jan. 16, 1987.
Michael Povich, Dist. Atty., Edward McSweeney (orally), Asst. Dist. Atty., Ells-worth, for plaintiff.
Stem, Goldsmith & Billings, Jerome B. Goldsmith (orally), Bangor, for defendant.
Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.
After a jury trial in Superior Court (Hancock County) defendant Edward Pinkham was convicted of aggravated assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 208(1)(C) (1983). On appeal Pinkham challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding that the circumstances of his assault upon the victim, David Holland, manifested extreme indifference to the value of human life, a finding necessary for the assault to be "aggravated" under the governing statute. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the jury could rationally find beyond a reasonable doubt every element of the offense charged, including circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life. See State v. Barry, 495 A.2d 825, 826 (Me.1985).
The entry is: Judgment affirmed.
All concurring.