STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 2110.

108 Ariz. 42 (1972)

492 P.2d 703

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Julius JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

January 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., Phoenix, by Carl Waag and Paul J. Prato, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Ross P. Lee, Public Defender, Phoenix, by James H. Kemper and Anne Kappes, Deputy Public Defenders, Phoenix, for appellant.


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....

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