The State, Respondent v. Jalann Lee Williams, Petitioner.

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Williams' murder conviction, holding that the trial court properly refused to charge the jury on self‑defense because Williams was at fault in bringing on the violent difficulty by intentionally bringing a loaded, unlawfully‑possessed pistol to an illegal drug transaction. The Court applied the Bryant and Slater precedents that a defendant who violates the law and is reasonably calculated to produce the occasion cannot claim self‑defense.