The opinion of the court was delivered by NUSS, J.:
The issue presented is whether a defendant must use actual force to justify a jury instruction on self-defense. We answer this question "yes." Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
FACTS
The facts necessary to our determination are straightforward. While visiting their mother in her hospital room, Rodney Maurice Hendrix and his sister, Charlotte Brown, had a heated...
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