Shannon v. State

In our original opinion there is copied paragraph thirteen of the charge which was an instruction regarding self-defense based upon threats in connection with which the jury was told that if they "believed" the killing occurred under the circumstances therein described, or had a "reasonable doubt thereof" to acquit. Paragraph eleven of the charge submitted the issue of self-defense independent of threats wherein the jury was required to believe that if it reasonably appeared to appellant, viewed from his standpoint, that deceased was making, or about to make, an attack from which appellant…