State of Arizona, Appellee v. Antajuan Stewart Carson Jr., Appellant.

Summary

The court held that a defendant may assert self-defense even while maintaining that someone else committed the charged acts. When any evidence supports self-defense, the prosecution must disprove it, and the trial court must give a requested instruction. Because the evidence showed that Carson was surrounded, punched, and kicked during a chaotic fight, the refusal to instruct the jury was error, requiring a new trial.