STATE v. KING

No. 2 CA-CR 2009-0047.

218 P.3d 1093 (2009)

The STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Adam Scott KING, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department B.

November 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara LaWall, Pima County Attorney By Jacob R. Lines and Amy S. Ruskin, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Barton & Storts, P.C. By Brick P. Storts, III, Tucson, Attorneys for Appellee.


OPINION

BRAMMER, Judge.

¶ 1 The state appeals from the trial court's grant of appellee Adam Scott King's motion for a new trial after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder. The state argues the trial court abused its discretion in concluding the jury should have been instructed on self defense. We reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶ 2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining King's conviction...

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