Case Title: State v. Davis

Citation: 282 S.C. 45, 317 S.E.2d 452

Docket Number: 

State: south-carolina

Court: South Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 1984-06-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
282 S.C. 45 (1984) 317 S.E.2d 452 The STATE, Respondent, v. Garnett Jewel DAVIS, Appellant. 22131 Supreme Court of South Carolina. Submitted February 22, 1984. Decided June 18, 1984. Asst. Appellate Defender Tara D. Shurling, of S.C., Columbia, for appellant. Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr. and Carolyn M. Adams and Sol. James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent. Submitted Feb. 22, 1984. Decided June 18, 1984. Per Curiam: Appellant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment. She excepts to the trial court's refusal to give her requested jury instruction on self-defense. We affirm. The requested instruction did not state the correct law of self-defense in this jurisdiction. The trial judge's instructions, considered as a whole, did charge the jury accurately under State v. Bolton, 266 S.C. 444, 223 S.E. (2d) 863 (1976); therefore, we affirm appellant's conviction. While we find no reversible error in the instructions *46 given, we suggest to the trial bench that the following instruction on self-defense be used in those cases where the facts indicate that a self-defense charge is appropriate. Appellant's conviction and sentence are affirmed.