Johnson v. State

OPINION

Convicted by jury of first and second degree murder, appellant contends the district court erred (1) by admitting a statement appellant made prior to receiving- Miranda warnings, (2) by not giving an instruction limiting the statement’s use to impeachment, and (3) by instructing that self-defense may not be contrived. These contentions are without merit. -

Arriving at the scene of .a shooting, where they observed appellant fire two shots into one of the victims, police-officers asked appellant why he had shot the two victims. Appellant replied that he had shot them because they had beat…