Roseboro v. State

1. A charge that “The defendant makes his statement and tells you that he shot this man to save his own life. The circumstances under which he shot- — -surrounding him at the time he shot — you must gather from all the facts and circumstances, gather from the witnesses and his statement. The law puts upon him the duty, where he admits the killing, of satisfying the jury that he was justified under some rule of law, unless the evidence in the ease against him shows justification or mitigation,” is not erroneous; nor is it error to fail to charge in connection therewith, upon written request,…