State of Tennessee v. Jason Kevin Dedreux
Syllabus
After expiration of the maximum sentence imposed for a non-violent felony conviction, a petitioner sought full restoration of his citizenship rights. The trial court restored all of the petitioner's rights, except for his firearm rights. Discerning that the trial court erred in limiting the restoration of the petitioner's rights, we reverse and remand.
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- no error in judge not charging jury, sua sponte, on self-defense, where defendant did not rely on self-defense at trial
- no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice occurred when the judge refused to give self-defense instruction where the defendant \flatly denied inflicting [the victim's] injuries\
- no sua sponte instruction on self-defense required where self-defense was not theory on which defendant relied at trial and where defendant’s testimony, “indulgently read, [contained] only the germ of concern about his person”
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Judges: Judge Andy D. Bennett
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