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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted of aggravated battery for striking the Victim with a baseball bat, causing injury. The incident arose from an altercation where the Defendant claimed to have acted in self-defense and in defense of another, specifically his wife, whom he asserted feared the Victim. The altercation included a moment where the Victim allegedly armed himself with a hammer.

Procedural History

• District Court of Lincoln County: Convicted the Defendant of aggravated battery.

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction and claimed entitlement to jury instructions on self-defense and defense of another. Additionally, the Defendant clarified that the Victim armed himself with a hammer during the encounter, and he struck the Victim with a bat in response to seeing the Victim reach for the hammer, despite not feeling an immediate threat but being afraid of the Victim.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the Defendant's conviction for aggravated battery.
• Whether the Defendant was entitled to jury instructions on self-defense and defense of another.

Disposition

• The conviction of aggravated battery against the Defendant was affirmed.

Reasons

• Per J. Miles Hanisee, with Jacqueline R. Medina and Jane B. Yohalem concurring, the Court found the evidence presented at trial sufficient to support the jury's findings that the Defendant struck the Victim with a baseball bat, causing injury (para 2). Regarding the defense of another, the Court noted the absence of evidence that the Defendant's wife was present during the altercation, undermining the Defendant's claim (para 3). On the issue of self-defense, the Court acknowledged the Defendant's clarification regarding the Victim arming himself with a hammer but concluded that the Defendant failed to demonstrate an objective fear of imminent danger necessary to justify his actions under self-defense principles (para 4). The Court also noted the Defendant's failure to address the issue of a "no duty to retreat" instruction in his memorandum, considering it abandoned (para 7).