State of Arizona v. Ronald Vassell

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• noting that a justification instruction is not required unless the evidence “reasonably and clearly” supports it
• stating an inference that merely makes an argument possible is not the “slightest evidence”
• instruction not required where justification theory rested on speculative inference—as opposed to slightest evidence—that defendant did not know police officers entering home were officers and not home invaders
• a justification instruction is not required unless the evidence “reasonably and clearly” supports it
• mere hypotheses “making an argument possible” does not satisfy the slightest-evidence standard
• failure to argue a claim ordinarily waives that claim

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