State v. Jackson

MITCHELL, Judge.

The sole question presented by the defendant is whether the court erred in its instruction to the jury regarding the law of accidental homicide and in its final mandate to the jury which did not specifically mention accidental homicide.

Defendant first contends that the court’s definition of accident was so condensed that it was probably overlooked by the jury since the other “possible crimes involved were defined at great length as was the defense of self-defense.” Defendant further argues that “[t]he court’s reference to accident was such that a juror hearing the charge would…