Williams v. State

I concur in the Court’s decision to reverse and remand the case for a new trial due to the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s right to examine Sharon Roe about his statement made immediately after the shooting that “it was them or me”. However, I disagree with the Court’s analysis on when the defense of self-defense can be raised and what evidence can be used to raise the defense.

In order to warrant a jury instruction on self-defense, a defendant must show that he or she had a reasonable belief at the time of the killing that he or she was in imminent danger of great bodily harm or death.…