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STATE v. GROTT

No. 97183-8.

458 P.3d 750 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Robert Deshawn GROTT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: February 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristie Barham , Theodore Michael Cropley , Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 930 Tacoma Avenue S, Room 946, Tacoma, WA 98402-2171, for Petitioner.

Lise Ellner , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 2711, Vashon, WA 98070-2711, for Respondent.

Maria Leslie Zink , Luminata, PLLC, 2033 6th Avenue, Suite 901, Seattle, WA 98121-2568, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers).

¶ 1 The issues in this case relate to a first aggressor instruction that was given at respondent Robert Grott's trial for a shooting incident in which Grott claimed that he acted in lawful self-defense. The instruction informed the jury that Grott could not claim self-defense if the jury found "beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant...

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