first-aggressor

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-8882 George Donald Hatt, Jr. v. Washington Washington 2020-07-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process first-aggressor jury-instruction self-defense sua-sponte substantial-rights sufficiency-of-evidence Did the First Aggcessor Jury Instruction, issued sua sponte, violate due process by celieving the state of its burden to disprove self-defense?