Johnson v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The State’s evidence shows a willful, deliberate and unprovoked killing. Appellant’s testimony raised the issue of self-defense based on apparent danger.

The court, in his charge to the jury, instructed them on the law of murder with and without malice, self-defense, and suspension of sentence. No objections were urged against the charge, however, he did request a special charge seeking to limit the testimony sought to be elicited from his character witnesses on cross…