State v. Kidd

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant’s first assignment of error concerns alleged errors in the charge. He contends that the trial judge erred in giving in structions on the law of self-defense only as to defendant’s assault on Sterling Rumley and in affirmatively charging the jury that they might not consider the law of self-defense as to defendant’s assault on Barry Rumley. He argues that the jury could have logically inferred from his evidence “that he was in apparent danger of death or great bodily harm if he allowed Barry to keep on going to get the gun.” We disagree. Defendant gave the following…