State v. Triplett

Patricia Ann Blackmon, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Walter Triplett, appeals his conviction and sentence for felonious assault with a repeat-violent-offender specification and assigns 13 errors for our review.1

{¶ 2} Having reviewed the record and pertinent law, we find plain error because the trial court commingled the jury instructions regarding the concepts of self-defense, defense of another, and duty to retreat, and failed to explain the duty to retreat. We also conclude that the trial court erred by not instructing the jury on the use of nondeadly force. Consequently, we reverse the…