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STATE v. KING

No. CR-09-0333-PR.

235 P.3d 240 (2010)

STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Adam Scott KING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Lawall, Pima County Attorney by Jacob R. Lines, Deputy County Attorney, Tucson, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Barton & Storts, P.C. by Brick P. Storts, III, William E. Perry, III, Tucson, Attorneys for Adam Scott King.

OPINION

BERCH, Chief Justice.

¶1 The parties have asked us to decide whether a defendant in a criminal case must have acted solely from a reasonable belief that he faced immediate physical danger to qualify for a self-defense jury instruction. We hold that the governing statute does not impose such a requirement. See Ariz. Rev. Stat. (A.R.S.) § 13-404 (2010).

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Adam Scott...

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