SHAHOOD, J.
Appellant, Roger Nelson, was charged and convicted of manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the shooting death of innocent bystander, Derrick Haughton. Appellant's request for a jury instruction on self-defense was denied on the grounds that such an instruction could not be used on a transferred intent crime. On appeal, appellant claims that by denying his request for a self-defense instruction yet giving the jury a transferred intent instruction, the trial...
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