Harris v. State

320 Ga. 92

FINAL COPY S24A0999. HARRIS v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Denarius Harris shot and killed Dallas Spruill. At trial, Harris claimed that he killed Spruill in self-defense, but the jury rejected that claim and found Harris guilty of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault. On appeal, Harris contends that a part of the trial court’s jury instructions about self-defense — that a defendant cannot claim self-defense if he was in the process of committing a felony when he used force against another person — was plainly er- roneous because it effectively prevented the jury from ever…