COOPER, Judge.
The appellant was convicted in a jury trial of battery in the first degree and sentenced to seven years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in failing to give jury instructions AMCI 2d 704 on the use of physical force in defense of a person and AMCI 2d 705 on the use of deadly physical force in defense of a person. We disagree and affirm.
The appellant admitted that he had stabbed the victim...
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