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STALNAKER v. STATE

No. CR-13-1103.

437 S.W.3d 700 (2014)

2014 Ark. App. 412

Danny Wayne STALNAKER, Appellant v. STATE of Arkansas.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

June 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Loyd , Malvern, for appellant.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: Pamela A. Rumpz , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

KENNETH S. HIXSON, Judge.

This appeal involves the application of an appropriate self-defense jury instruction in a murder trial. Appellant Danny Stalnaker was charged with the first-degree murder of Chris Patterson, but a Saline County jury ultimately convicted him of second-degree murder.1 Patterson died after appellant grabbed an unloaded.410 shotgun by the barrel and swung it at Patterson, striking him in the head with the gunstock...

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