People v. Dupree

In this criminal case, we hold that the traditional common law affirmative defense of self-defense may be interposed to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, MCL 750.224f. Defendant temporarily possessed a firearm in violation of the felon-in-possession statute but introduced evidence at trial supporting the theory that his violation was justified because he acted in self-defense. The prosecutor did not resist defendant’s argument regarding the availability of self-defense, and the trial court gave a standard self-defense jury instruction. Over defendant’s objection, the trial…