Briggs v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

We are asked to determine whether the appellant, Michael A. Briggs, was properly convicted of assault, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, and whether the trial court properly refused to instruct the jury about self defense.

The appellant was charged with disorderly conduct, three counts of battery, resisting arrest, and two counts of malicious destruction of property. Briggs’s jury trial was conducted on January 11, 1991 in the Circuit Court for Caroline County, Wise, J., presiding, and he was convicted on all counts except one of the malicious destruction of property…