Larsen v. State

Glenn A. Larsen timely appeals a final judgment and sentence adjudicating him guilty of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Larsen claims the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his request for a jury instruction on the justifiable use of non-deadly force. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

Larsen was charged by information with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon on Thomas O’Hagen. On the day of the incident, O’Hagen met a friend at a bar. While O’Hagen and his friend shot pool, Larsen, along with Stephan LaPlante and Nikolas Lee, who were roommates of Larsen,…