State v. Anderson

OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals from his conviction for second degree murder asserting that fundamental error was committed when the district court failed to give a necessary instruction that it had agreed to give. Defendant asserts this was fundamental error. Because the instruction was critical to the jury’s determination on the issue of self-defense and because the district court had a duty to fully instruct the jury on all relevant aspects of the law, we agree with Defendant, reverse his conviction, and remand for a new trial.

I. BACKGROUND

{2} The trial presented differing…