Domestic Dispute

Jul 2, 2018

Criminal Practice – Murder – Self-Defense – Defense of Others – Offensive Use

  Where defendant struck a lethal blow to the head of a person who tried to intervene in an argument between defendant and his girlfriend, the state – at least in this case – was not entitled to use “defense of others” to counteract defendant’s assertion of self-defense. We reverse defendant’s murder conviction and remand […]