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http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/2009/07/21/20090721az-selfdefense21-ON.html
FLAGSTAFF - A 62-year-old retired teacher who won a new trial after being convicted in the shooting death of a hiker is being released from state prison Tuesday.
Harold Fish was being held at the Lewis prison in Buckeye.
His attorney, Lee Phillips, says Fish will return home to Mesa with his wife and seven children.
Fish claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot Grant Kuenzli in May 2004. He was convicted, but a state appeals court overturned it and ordered a new trial.
Prosecutors decided not to retry Fish because of the appeals court decision and a new self-defense law that retroactively applies to Fish's case.
The new law shifts the burden of proof in self-defense claim cases from the defendant to the prosecutor.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/2009/07/21/20090721az-selfdefense21-ON.html
FLAGSTAFF - A 62-year-old retired teacher who won a new trial after being convicted in the shooting death of a hiker is being released from state prison Tuesday.
Harold Fish was being held at the Lewis prison in Buckeye.
His attorney, Lee Phillips, says Fish will return home to Mesa with his wife and seven children.
Fish claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot Grant Kuenzli in May 2004. He was convicted, but a state appeals court overturned it and ordered a new trial.
Prosecutors decided not to retry Fish because of the appeals court decision and a new self-defense law that retroactively applies to Fish's case.
The new law shifts the burden of proof in self-defense claim cases from the defendant to the prosecutor.