Can a defendant who starts a fight claim provocation if he was the one who challenged the victim to fight?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Lewis, A134480 (Cal. App. 2013):

starts a fight cannot claim provocation under these circumstances. (People v. Johnston (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 1299, 1313 [armed defendant cannot claim provocation where he was the one who challenged the victim to fight].)

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