George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington
DueProcess
Did the First Aggcessor Jury Instruction, issued sua sponte, violate due process by celieving the state of its burden to disprove self-defense?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Did the First Aggcessor Jury Instruction, issued sua sponte, violate due process by celieving the state of its burden to disprove self-defense? 2. Does the cecord reflect an insufficiency of evidence to support the jucies vecdict of guilt?. 3. Did the ercoc, cecognized by the court of appeals, foc the introduction of a first aggressor instruction sua sponte, create prejudice affecting the substantial cights of the petitioner? 4, Did the court of appeals decision discourage the ceasonable use of Force against home invaders and encourage homeowners to shoot to kill, even where the homeowner concludes that more measuced action is ceasonabie? i : os _