State v. Pearson

COPELAND, Justice.

In his supplemental brief, defendant addresses himself primarily to the trial court’s charge as it related to self-defense.

After charging the jury correctly as to the grounds of self-defense, Judge Winner gave the following instruction:

“Now, members of the jury, under the law of this State a person may not normally avail himself of self-defense when he has used deadly force to quell an assault or attack by someone who does not have a deadly weapon.

“However, if you are satisfied that because of the number of attackers or their size or the fierceness of the attack or all three…