Vaughn v. State

*367BLOODWORTH, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a decision and judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals which reversed and remanded defendant’s murder conviction in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Lemuel Vaughn v. State, 53 Ala.App. 744, 304 So.2d 12.

The sole question presented to us is whether there was reversible error in the refusal by the trial judge to give Charge 59, requested by the defendant, viz.:

“59. The Court charges the jury that the only burden resting on the Defendant with regard to his plea of self-defense is that the Defendant must offer such evidence in support…