State v. Zumwalt

SHRUM, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his convictions by a jury of second-degree assault for causing physical injury to one Marion Ray by recklessly discharging a firearm, § 565.060.1(5), and armed criminal action, § 571.015.1 The trial court imposed sentences of seven years and three years respectively, to run consecutively.

On appeal, Defendant charges that the trial court committed reversible error concerning self-defense instructions. We agree. We reverse and remand.

Defendant was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of Marion Ray on June 20, 1993. This…