State v. Dahrens

Defendant appeals his convictions for assault in the fourth degree and reckless endangerment. He assigns error to the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on self-defense and defense of property. We conclude that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on self-defense and reverse.

A defense to a criminal charge must be presented to a jury through a jury instruction “if there is any evidence from which the jurors could infer that the required elements of the defense are present.” State v. Shelley, 110 Or App 225, 228, 821 P2d 1111 (1991). “We review the evidence in the light…