State v. Matheney

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions, rejecting his challenges to the self-defense unanimity instruction, the initial-aggressor and lesser-included-offense instructions, and the sufficiency of the evidence. It held that jurors need unanimously agree only that self-defense was disproved, not on the particular statutory disqualification or component establishing that result, and concluded that the instructions were not reasonably likely to mislead the jury. The evidence also supported both rejection of self-defense and the finding that the defendant intended to cause serious physical injury.