State v. Pavlik

¶32 (dissenting) — Officer Stephen Arredondo approached Aleksandr Pavlik immediately following this shooting. Mr. Pavlik said, ‘You saw that, it was in self-defense.” He said to Officer Zachary Dahle, “It was self defense, he was punching me” and “[r]elax guys, I have a concealed pistol license.” Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 47. And he told Officer David Daddato at the scene, “[y]ou saw him punching me in the face! I shot him in defense!” CP at 47. He reported again to Detective Chet Gilmore that he shot in self-defense and said that he tried to aim for a “not fatal area.” CP at 47.

¶33 Not…