State v. King

OPINION

BRAMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 The state appeals from the trial court’s grant of appellee Adam Scott King’s motion for a new trial after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder. The state argues the trial court abused its discretion in concluding the jury should have been instructed on self defense. We reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining King’s conviction, see State v. Haight-Gyuro, 218 Ariz. 356, ¶ 2, 186 P.3d 33, 34 (App.2008), the evidence at trial established that on April 22, 2008, King became involved in an altercation with a…