State of Maine v. Gabriel R. McKusick

Summary

The court affirmed McKusick’s conviction for creating a police standoff. It held that the statutory term “barricaded” requires both a physical barrier and conduct manifesting an objective to create and maintain that barrier so as to make oneself inaccessible, and that the evidence satisfied that definition. The court also held that the statutory thirty-minute period begins when the defendant is instructed to leave the barricaded location, not when specifically told that a police standoff is occurring.