Mosansky v. State

Appellant seeks review of his first-degree murder conviction and resulting life sentence. Among the issues raised on appeal, Appellant argues that the trial court fundamentally erred by failing to specifically instruct the jury that the state had the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self-defense. We reject this argument for the reasons that follow, and we affirm Appellant’s remaining claims without discussion.

Without objection, the trial court gave the jury the following instructions pertinent to Appellant’s claim of self-defense:

An issue in this case is…