James and Angela have been involved in a romantic, but violent, relationship for the past five years. Angela has very serious anger management issues and has kept James living in a constant state of fear and apprehension. Two nights ago they got into a very heated argument, causing serious bodily harm to James. When Angela fell asleep, James saw an opportunity to free himself and shot her five times. Angela was pronounced dead on the scene. James has been arrested and charged with manslaughter.

• Your goal is to argue that self-defense does apply.
• Using Westlaw, find a criminal case from your home state that supports your argument.
• Discuss the facts from that case, the court's reasoning, and its ruling.