Code v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[E]ven if justification is a defendant’s sole defense, it is not error to refuse the charge if there is no evidence to support it.”
• “Absent a transcript, we must assume the ruling of the trial court is supported by the evidence.’’
• no evidence to support charge where defendant could not have reasonably believed that use of unlawful force was imminent
• no evidence to support charge because the defendant could not have reasonably believed that use of unlawful force was imminent
• “Absent a transcript, we must assume the ruling of the trial court is supported by the evidence.”
• victim testified that his jaw was broken in two places during attack

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).