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STATE v. GOFF

No. 11CA20.

2013 Ohio 42

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Megan R. Goff, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Lawrence County.

Filed: January 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Brown , William H. Bluth , and Richard R. Parsons , Kravitz, Brown & Dortch, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

J.B. Collier, Jr. , Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney, and Brigham M. Anderson , Lawrence County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Ironton, Ohio, for Appellee.

DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY

KLINE, J.

{¶ 1} Megan Goff (hereinafter "Megan") appeals the judgment of the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas, which convicted her of murdering her husband, William Goff (hereinafter "William"). Megan contends that the trial court erred when the court referenced the duty to retreat in its self-defense instruction. Because the evidence at trial supported an instruction on the duty to retreat, we disagree...

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