You would’ve put him on stand?
“You would’ve put him on stand?”
Yes, because once you assert self defense as your affirmative defense, the defense has to provide some proof of self defense that the prosecution has to then disprove beyond a reasonable doubt. That is why a defendant testifies in many, not all, self defense cases. If you have a clean defendant, meaning no prior convictions, that is articulate like this young man, that can testify to his state of mind when it happened which is critical, you have to consider putting him on the stand.