Supreme Court of Missouri· 12/8/1981

State v. Thomas

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625 S.W.2d 115
1981 Mo. LEXIS 421

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“The failure of a strategy knowingly and voluntarily pursued by defendant does not entitle him to another try under the guise of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
for self-defense instruction, defendant must have “reasonably believed that forceful resistance was the only means by which he could protect himself against that excess [by officer]” (emphasis added)
for self-defense instruction, defendant must have \reasonably believed that forceful resistance was the only means by which he could protect himself against that excess [by officer]\ (emphasis added); State v. Maxey, 661 S.W.2d 641, 643-44 n. 1 (1983
It is not the defendant’s subjective belief” alone that “determines whether a self-defense instruction is required; rather, the facts must reveal … [the] defendant reasonably believed” the use of force was necessary
“It is not the defendant’s subjective belief, however, that determines whether a self-defense instruction is required; rather, the facts must reveal that . . . [the] defendant reasonably believed that force was the only means by which he could protect himself[.]”

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Judges: James R. Reinhard

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