P. v. Narcisse
A jury convicted defendant Djoliba Narcisse of mayhem (Pen. Code, § 203)[1] and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) after he stabbed a female acquaintance outside a bar. The jury also found various enhancements to be true, and the trial court sentenced him to nine years in prison. On appeal, and for the first time, Narcisse contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that self-defense is unavailable to someone who provokes a fight with the intent to create an excuse to use force. He contends that the instruction was unsupported by the evidence and may have misled the jury. We affirm.
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