Ault v. State

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Appellant-Defendant Larry Ault was convicted of Murder, a felony, 1 and sentenced to fifty-five years in the Department of Correction. Upon appeal, Ault claims that the trial court abused its discretion in denying him a jury instruction on self-defense, forcing him to testify in violation of his Fifth Amendment rights. Concluding that there was sufficient evidence, without Ault’s testimony, to support a jury instruction on self-defense, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Around noon on December 27, 2009, Ault was…