State v. Miller

338 So.2d 678 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Charles Thomas MILLER.

No. 58036.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1976.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1976.

Jerry A. Kirby, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to charge the jury on the law relating to the defense of justification as contained in Articles 18(6), 19 and 20 of the Criminal Code, particularly…