Riles v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder with malice, and given a term of ten years in the penitentiary.

The facts from the State’s standpoint show an unprovoked killing by appellant of one Melvin Warren, after having made threats against this deceased person. The appellant evidently fired six shots from a pistol at Warren, three of them taking effect.

The appellant claimed self-defense in that deceased was making an attack upon appellant with a pocket knife.

The court’s charge was excepted to, and especially paragraph six thereof wherein the trial court embodied in his charge Art. 1257a…