State v. Oliphant

This criminal case arose out of a jaywalking stop that degenerated into a mutual affray involving three defendants and two police officers. During the defendants’ ensuing trial for resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, and other charges, all the defendants raised the defense of self-defense. The trial court refused to give a special instruction that the defendants had requested and gave other instructions to which the defendants had excepted. The defendants were convicted of most of the charged offenses. They appealed their convictions to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed without…