PEOPLE v. GOREE

Docket No. 302046.

819 N.W.2d 82 (2012)

296 Mich. App. 293

PEOPLE v. GOREE.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided April 19, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy , Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman , Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Julie A. Powell , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Nathaniel Goree in propria persona.

Before: BORRELLO, P.J., and JANSEN and GLEICHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

A jury convicted defendant, Nathaniel Goree, of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (felony-firearm) in violation of MCL 750.227b, but acquitted him of any underlying assault charge. The jury reached its verdict after the trial court erroneously reinstructed it that a felony-firearm offense cannot be justified by self-defense. A defendant's commission of a violent crime may be excused when the defendant acts to protect himself or...

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