People v. McDaniels

On April 2, 1970, defendant Arthur McDaniels was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder contrary to MCLA 750.317; MSA 28.549, and was subsequently sentenced to a prison term of from six to ten years.

He appeals, by leave granted, claiming reversible error on the part of the trial court in its instructions to the jury on defendant’s claim of self-defense.

Defendant killed his wife in the bedroom of their marital home on March 19, 1968. He testified that he called his wife from work on that day and asked her to bring him a shirt. When she failed to do so, he returned home from work, lay down…