State v. Harvey
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The Supreme Court affirmed the determination of the court of appeals upholding Defendant's conviction of second-degree murder, holding that the trial court did not err in declining Defendant's request to instruct the jury on either the affirmative defense of perfect self-defense or imperfect self-defense and that Defendant received a fair trial.
On appeal, the court of appeals concluded that Defendant was not entitled to a self-defense instruction because the evidence presented at trial did not warrant such an instruction. Thus, the court of appeals found no error in Defendant's trial. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that there was no evidence entitling Defendant to have the jury to be instructed on self-defense.
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