Legal Opinion

Colondro v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1919No. 23,563PublishedCited by 5 opinions

From Lake Superior Court; Walter T. Hardy, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against Michael Colondro. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

— Appellant was indicted for murder, tried by a jury, and convicted of manslaughter.

Pie complains of the court’s instructions Nos. 7, 9 and 10 on the subject of self-defense, because they base appellant’s right to self-defense on his being “in a place where he had a right to be so far as his assailant was concerned.” Appellant’s counsel says that.none of these instructions takes into account the proposition that a person, in a place where he has no right to be so far as his assailant is concerned, may be suddenly attacked *535with, a deadly weapon and driven to the wall. Counsel further claims…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Colee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bowers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Bohan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Underhill v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Cazak v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Moore v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979

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