State v. Evans

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where self-defense was not applicable .to the charges of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, the trial court did not err in omitting any reference to self-defense from the mandate for the felony murder charge based upon the robberies. Where the trial court gave complete self-defense instructions concerning the assault charges, and referenced those instructions in the felony murder charge based upon the assault charges, the trial court did not err in omitting any reference to self-defense from the mandates for those felony murder charges. Where there was substantial…