State v. Preston
Annotate this CaseDefendant Ryan Preston was found guilty of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. On appeal, Preston argued (1) that the statutory provisions defining deadly force and discussing defense of premises were unconstitutionally vague, and (2) the trial court did not adequately instruct the jury on the charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding (1) the definition of deadly force was not unconstitutionally vague as it interacted with the definition of defense of premises in this case, and (2) the trial court's jury instructions did not constitute obvious error.
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