State v. Kinser

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• holding jury, and not trial court, must resolve fact questions concerning whether defendant acted in self-defense within meaning of law
• noting “[a] defendant’s claim of self-defense is a question of fact for the jury” and “a jury, and not the trial court, must resolve” fact questions concerning whether defendant acted in self-defense
• evidence necessary to raise affirmative defense may be adduced either by defendant’s witnesses or in State’s case in chief without necessity of defendant’s presenting evi- dence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).