Garner v. State

Boggs, Justice.

Appellant Stevie Lamar Garner was tried before a jury and found guilty of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and other crimes in the shooting death of Patrick Marcus Edwin Wall.1 Garner now appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on self-defense. We disagree and affirm.

1. Construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that Garner and the victim had mutual friends and on occasion the victim would spend time with those friends at Garner's home. Sometime in February 2015, the victim…