Bachmeier v. State

OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

Steven Bachmeier, who was an inmate at Wildwood Correctional Center near Kenai, was convicted of fourth-degree assault for assaulting a corrections officer. At trial, Ba-chmeier claimed that he acted in self-defense; specifically, Bachmeier claimed that he reasonably believed that the corrections officer was about to use unlawful force against him. The jury rejected Bachmeier's self-defense claim.

On appeal, Bachmeier argues that the jury's verdict is flawed because the jury was misinstructed regarding the seope of force that a corrections officer may lawfully use against…