Lorena Bernal v. the State of Texas

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• holding that defendant’s belief alone that victim was about to hit him was insufficient to justify a self-defense instruction
• if defendant obstructed justice, \the district court had no choice but to impose the [§ 3C1.1] sentence enhancement that the Guidelines mandate\
• affirming district court’s denial of proposed self-defense instruction
• affirming district court's denial of proposed self-defense instruction

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