State v. McLoyd

Raymond McLoyd appeals his conviction for second degree murder, arguing that the self-defense instruction erroneously required the jury to consider whether he was in danger of actual imminent harm rather than whether he reasonably believed that harm was imminent. The Supreme Court recently held that because a similar self-defense instruction was ambigú ous, the jury instructions failed to properly state the applicable law. State v. LeFaber, 128 Wn.2d 896, 913 P.2d 369 (1996); see State v. Hutchinson, 85 Wn. App. 726, 934 P.2d 1201 (1997). Here, however, another instruction explicitly provided…