McMorris v. State

Here the defendant, found guilty by a jury of injury by conduct *153regardless of life, claimed to have acted in self-defense. So she needed to convince the jury that she had reasonable grounds to believe that the force she used was necessary to prevent death or harm to herself.1 So evidence as to the character or reputation of the person allegedly assaulted by this defendant was, as the trial court ruled and the majority notes, admissible as bearing upon the reasonableness of the defendant’s apprehension of danger to herself.2

Here the defendant sought to establish the reasonableness of her…