STEVENSON, C.J.
Following an altercation at a transfer dumping station, appellant was charged and convicted of felony battery for stabbing Patrick Nelson and of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for threatening Leroy Bailey with a knife. We reverse because it was fundamental error for the trial court to charge the jury on the "forcible felony" exception to self-defense where there was no independent felony and the jury could have concluded that the "forcible...
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