Meadows v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The evidence for the state tended to sustain the charge. The plea of defendant was, besides the general issue of not guilty, self-defense, which plea the evidence for defendant tended to sustain.

The court in his general charge, after instructing the jury as to the elements of self-defense, further charged, “The burden of proof is on defendant to prove his plea of self defense.” Exception was reserved to this portion of the court’s oral charge, and is here insisted on as error.

The burden of proof is no different in a misdemeanor case from that in a felony, and this court in…