KELLY, Judge.
John Swanson, Jr., appeals from his judgment and sentence for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. We reverse because the jury instruction given on self-defense constituted fundamental error.
Swanson committed the single act of aggravated battery and claimed self-defense. The trial court instructed the jury on the forcible felony exception to self-defense. The court told the jury that "the use of force likely to cause death or great bodily...
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