Diggs v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Ellis Andrei Diggs was convicted of the intentional murder of Garry Blackwell, see § 13A-6-2(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975. Diggs was sentenced as a habitual felon to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On appeal, Diggs contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it refused to instruct the jury on self-defense and provocation manslaughter.

Diggs contends that the evidence .presented during his trial supported the giving of a jury instruction on self-defense.

*158 Facts

On the night of February 3, 2012, Blackwell was using an abandoned house on Haardt Street in…