State v. Trombley

Defendant Matthew Trombley appeals his aggravated assault conviction, claiming several errors in the court’s jury instructions. Defendant contends that (1) the court improperly instructed the jury to consider whether defendant acted either “purposely” or “knowingly” when defendant was charged with only “purposely” inflicting serious bodily harm, (2) the court failed to instruct the jury that it should consider evidence of defendant’s fear and emotions in deciding whether defendant acted purposely, and (3) the court’s instructions on self-defense were so misleading that the jury rejected…