Jones v. State

GARDNER, J.. Appellant killed her husband, George Jones, ,by shooting him with a gun, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and appeals. She interposed the plea of self-defense. The shooting occurred in the home of the defendant and her husband. In charge 3, given for the defendant, the jury was instructed that under such circumstances no duty to retreat rested upon defendant, and it therefore clearly appears that charge 4, refused to defendant, was covered by sa,id given charge 3. '

There was exception to that portion of the oral charge defining manslaughter in the first degree.…