State v. Disotell

ROGERS, Justice.,

Olan Disotell, the defendant, was convicted on an indictment for manslaughter, and has appealed from the conviction and sentence imposed thereunder.

On the trial of the case, defendant contended that he killed the deceased in self-defense, and he complains of the ruling of the trial judge refusing him permission to. prove the dangerous reputation of the deceased and that he had knowledge of that reputation prior to the killing.

An accused, relying on self-defense, does not have the burden of proving that the killing was justifiable; but the state has the burden of proving…