State v. LeFaber

*904Alexander, J.

(dissenting) — I dissent because I believe that the trial court did not commit an error in giving jury instruction 20, an instruction relating to the defense of self-defense. I would, therefore, affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals as well as that of the trial court.

Preliminarily, it is worth noting that although the Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in giving instruction 20, he failed at trial to except to the instruction.1 Ordinarily, such a failure precludes consideration of an alleged instructional error for the first time on appeal. RAP 2.5(a). A reviewing…