State v. Washington

175 N.W.2d 620 (1970)

185 Neb. 329

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee,

v.

William WASHINGTON, Appellant.

No. 37286.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 20, 1970.

A. Q. Wolf, Public Defender, Lynn R. Carey, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Omaha, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Mel Kammerlohr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN and NEWTON, JJ.

WHITE, Chief Justice.

A manslaughter conviction is sought to be reversed because of a failure to instruct the jury as to the right of the defendant to use force in the defense of…