State v. Kennamore

OPINION

H ARBI SON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Jimmy Cardwell on November 17,1977. As the case comes to this Court, the only questions presented involve jury instructions given or declined by the trial judge. The Court granted certiorari primarily to consider whether the so-called “true man” rule of self-defense should be adopted in this state, as requested by appellant.

Appellant shot and killed Cardwell on the evening of November 17,1977, near a campfire which the two young men and their companion Mike Cox had built. The evidence…