STATE v. DOUGLAS

No. 30984-0-II.

116 P.3d 1012 (2005)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Samuel Glen DOUGLAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

Publication Ordered August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manek R. Mistry, Jodi R. Backlund, Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

Brandy Meyer Andersson, Auburn, WA, for Respondent.


HUNT, J.

¶ 1 Samuel Douglas appeals his conviction for first degree manslaughter, with a firearm enhancement. He argues that the trial court erred by (1) giving a first-aggressor jury instruction, (2) failing to instruct the jury that a first-aggressor's right to self-defense can be revived, and (3) refusing to instruct the jury about justifiable homicide in resistance of a felony. Douglas further argues that his counsel was ineffective and that the prosecutor...

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