Dashiell v. State

Convicted, by a jury, sitting in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, of involuntary manslaughter, Brenden Dashiell, appellant, noted this appeal, raising three issues. Reordered to facilitate review, they are:

I. Whether the circuit court erred in instructing the jury that self-defense is not a defense to affray;

II. Whether the circuit court erred in allowing the jury to consider affray as an unlawful underlying act for involuntary manslaughter because the State failed to show that the fight occurred in public or caused terror to the people; and

III. Whether the circuit court erred in…