State v. Douglas

116 P.3d 1012 (2005)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Samuel Glen DOUGLAS, Appellant.

No. 30984-0-II.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

July 7, 2005.

Publication Ordered August 3, 2005.

Manek R. Mistry, Jodi R. Backlund, Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

Brandy Meyer Andersson, Auburn, WA, for Respondent.

HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Samuel Douglas appeals his conviction for first degree manslaughter, with a firearm enhancement. He argues that the trial court erred by (1) giving a first-aggressor jury instruction, (2) failing to instruct the jury that a first-aggressor's right to…