Is there substantial evidence to support giving an unreasonable self-defense instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Davis, E060920 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant's argument that there was substantial evidence (People v. Breverman (1998) 19 Cal.4th 142, 162) to support the giving of an unreasonable self-defense instruction is lacking. Defendant correctly points out that "there was clear evidence that [he] actually believed that he was in imminent danger of suffering great bodily injury and
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