Morton v. State

B00K0UT, Judge.

Assault in the first degree; sentence: five years’ imprisonment.

Appellant contends the trial judge committed error by refusing to give four written requested charges dealing with the defense of self-defense. He contends the evidence would require giving a charge on self-defense. We are unable to make such a determination because the refused charges are not included in the record on appeal.

Our review is limited solely to matters appearing in the record. Smith v. State, 346 So.2d 465 (Ala.Cr.App.1976). We cannot rule on the correctness vei non of a ruling on documents not in the…