Weathersby v. State

Griffith, J.,

delivered the-opinion of the court.

The only eyewitnesses to this homicide were the appellant and his wife. According to their testimony a ease' of self-defense was sufficiently made out, as against which! the state argues that there are physical facts which contradict them. It has been for some time the established rule in this state that where the defendant or the defendant ’s witnesses are the only eyewitnesses to the homicide, their version, if reasonable, must be accepted as true, unless substantially contradicted in material particulars by a credible witness or witnesses for…