Commonwealth v. Noble

The defendant, Kevin V. Noble, has appealed from *45his conviction of murder in the second degree. We granted his application for direct appellate review. The defendant’s principal contention is that the trial judge erred in his self-defense instructions. The defendant also argues that his motion to dismiss the indictment should have been allowed because the grand jurors were not informed of the elements of murder in the first degree. We affirm the denial of the motion to dismiss. We conclude that the judge committed reversible error in his instructions to the jury on the law of self-defense.

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