Court Opinion

ID: 9771312
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:39:06.62855+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:28.527515
License: Public Domain

SEARS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the results reached by the majority; however, I disagree with the majority conclusion that there is evidence to show that appellant used deadly force or that he intended to cause serious bodily injury. There is simply no evidence that appellant used deadly force. Death resulted from head injuries sustained in the fall onto the concrete curb. This resulting injury was not intended, expected or anticipated by appellant. While the use of fists in this case resulted in death, their manner of use was not of such severity as to be classified as deadly force. Therefore, the charge of self-defense in conjunction with the required finding that a reasonable person in defendant’s position would not have retreated is reversible error.