People v. Young

Defendant Young appeals from a judgment convicting him of voluntary manslaughter of one Clifton Lee Harris. His counsel raises the single contention that “the trial judge refused to instruct upon the theory of justifiable homicide on attempting to prevent commission of a felony, ’ ’ and thereby erred prejudicially.

The court gave certain instructions upon justifiable homicide (which were in fact explanatory of the doctrine of self-defense), pertinent portions of which are set forth in the footnote. 1 Appellant’s rejected requests were based upon subdivisions 1 and 2 of Penal Code, section 197:…