State v. Cook

NUGENT, Judge.

Defendant Charles E. Cook was charged with two counts of armed criminal action, one count of assault in the first degree and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. The jury found the defendant guilty of assault in the third degree, a lesser included offense of assault in the first degree, and not guilty on all the other charges. The defendant was sentenced to six months in the county jail. He complains of the court’s refusal to submit to the jury his defense of accident and of the court’s instruction to the jury on self defense. We reverse and remand for a new trial with…