Widner v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. The only issues raised on appeal concern the failure of the trial judge to give three written requested charges dealing with the elements of self-defense.

Between 3:30 and 4:00 on the afternoon of December 19, 1977, the defendant went by Jack Hopper’s store on Eva Road in Morgan County. James Edward Campbell, Jr. was working on his automobile in the garage attached to the store. The defendant asked Campbell if he had seen Harlin Makemson…