What is the test for refusing a request for instructions on self-defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hawn, 2d Crim. No. B281423 (Cal. App. 2018):
violent fashion and took pains to ensure that appellant did not fall and hurt herself. "It is not error to refuse a request for instructions on self-defense when there is no evidence from which it can be inferred that the defendant feared great bodily harm or death at the hands of the victim . . . . [Citation.]" (People v. Sedeno (1974) 10 Cal.3d 703, 718, overruled on other grounds in People v. Breverman (1998) 19 Cal.4th 142, 165 (Breverman).)
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