People v. Everette

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• holding that claims of accidental death and self-defense are not inherently contradictory
• noting that State’s own evidence may give rise to question of self-defense
• holding a homicide defendant was entitled to a self-defense instruction where there was some evidence in the record which, if believed by the jury, would have supported the defense, even though the defendant testified that he accidentally killed the victim
• holding a homicide defendant was entitled to a self-defense instruction where there was some evidence in the record which, if believed by the jury, would have supported the defense, even though the defendant testified that he accidentally killed the victim
• applying de novo standard of review to issue of whether defendant was entitled to jury instructions on self-defense
• allowing this court to affirm a decision of the circuit court on any basis in the record, regardless of whether the circuit court's reasoning was correct

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