Jacobs v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed Jacobs’s convictions and sentence after independently reviewing the record under the no-merit appeal procedure. It held that sufficient evidence supported the malicious-interference conviction, that Jacobs was not entitled to a self-defense instruction because his own account showed retaliation rather than immediately necessary defensive force, and that his sentence was within statutory limits without any identified improper basis. Counsel’s motion to withdraw was rendered moot.