State v. Hunter

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant’s appeal presents the question of whether the Court of Appeals erred in failing to find error in the trial judge’s refusal to instruct on self-defense. The State offered evidence tending to show that on the night of 11 March 1983 Sam Ward was sitting at a table with Loretta Cameron in a disco club called “The Cave.” Defendant, a sixteen year old girl, was Ward’s former girlfriend and he was the father of her sixteen month old child. Ward testified that he “felt somebody hitting in his side” and when he looked around he observed defendant swinging her arm. He…