Supreme Court of Kansas, 2012

The court affirmed Williams' aggravated-battery conviction despite the trial court's failure to give, sua sponte, instructions on no duty to retreat, defense of a dwelling, and a lesser included offense.

The court affirmed McCullough’s conviction for premeditated first-degree murder. It held that she was not entitled to self-defense or lesser-included involuntary-manslaughter instructions because she voluntarily reengaged in a mutual fight after retrieving a knife and the evidence did not support an unintentional…