State v. Johnson

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Defendant, Julius Johnson, was tried and convicted on the charge of assault with intent to commit murder on Loreace Woods, in violation of A.R.S. § 13-248, and has appealed. Johnson complains that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the question of self-defense.

Where there is the slightest evidence of self-defense and, hence, justification for an assault, the issue must be submitted to the jury, Everett v. State, 88 Ariz. 293, 356 P.2d 394. In Everett, as here, the defendant’s testimony was the sole evidence submitted in his defense, and the…