King v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. "Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Jackson County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhill, J.
— The plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court for Jackson count)'' for the crime of murder in the first degree. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of ten years in the state prison. From this judgment and sentence he seeks relief here by writ of error.
*49The first assignment of error questions the correctness of the following instruction given by the court to the jury, at the request of the state: “In order to justify a killing under a claim of self defense, the slayer must be reasonably free from fault in bringing on the difficulty. He must not have been the…
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