STATE v. BUGGS

No. 1 CA-CR 88-1185.

167 Ariz. 333 (1990)

806 P.2d 1381

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Johnny Frank BUGGS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

Reconsideration Denied January 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Ronald L. Crismon, Acting Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., and Mark E. Dwyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

John C. Williams, Prescott, for appellant.


OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The defendant, Johnny Frank Buggs, was convicted upon a trial by jury of aggravated assault. He was sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years. Although the trial court gave an improper instruction on self-defense, we affirm because in our opinion the evidence does not justify the giving of a self-defense instruction at all.

The defendant's version of the facts is as follows. The defendant became involved...

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