Colondro v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
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
- Colee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
3Cited by5 opinions
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