{"id":6484,"date":"2022-02-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6484"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:21:43","slug":"self-defense-instruction-was-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6484","title":{"rendered":"Self-Defense Instruction Was Due"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An instruction is due on request when substantial evidence supports it even where there is contrary evidence. Statutes allowed appellant to use deadly force if appellant \u201creasonably believe[d] that such deadly force [was] necessary to protect himself &#8230; against &#8230; any forcible felony[.]\u201d An instruction that allowed self-defense for burglary, but not arson, deprived the jury of ruling on self-defense on the record in the light most favorable to the requested instruction. \u201cIt is all well and good to analyze the evidence on a moment by moment basis and claim the ability to parse these two individuals\u2019 purposes and beliefs across each indivisible instant of time. Reality, however, is much different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/self-defense.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/self-defense.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6485\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=183373\" target=\"_blank\"><em>State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Samuel Jerry Whitaker, Appellant.<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=183379\" target=\"_blank\">(Overview Summary)\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Supreme Court of Missouri &#8211; SC98856<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you would like to speak with an attorney, call our office at 816-524-4949 or click <a href=\"http:\/\/calendly.com\/hoorfarlaw\">here <\/a>to schedule a consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An instruction is due on request when substantial evidence supports it even where there is contrary evidence. Statutes allowed appellant to use deadly force if appellant \u201creasonably believe[d] that such deadly force [was] necessary to protect himself &#8230; against &#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=6484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6486,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6484\/revisions\/6486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}