What is the test for giving instructions on imperfect self-defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Avendano, B213372, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA093637 (Cal. App. 2010):
evidence is evidence of reasonable, credible value." (Ibid) We review a court's refusal to give instructions de novo. (People v. Waidla (2000) 22 Cal.4th 690, 733.) In this case substantial evidence did not support giving instructions on either self-defense or imperfect self-defense.
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