State v. Leaks
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The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals holding that the trial court did not err in declining to give Defendant's requested modified self-defense instruction at trial, holding that Defendant failed to demonstrate on appeal that any error was prejudicial.
After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of second-degree murder. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court erred by instructing the jury that Defendant needed to have believed it was necessary to kill the victim in order to have acted in self-defense. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court modified and affirmed, holding that Defendant did not show a reasonable possibility that had the modified self-defense instruction been given a different result would have been reached at trial.
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