State v. Graham

Lewis, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter under an indictment charging him with murder and received a sentence of twelve years. Upon his trial, he admitted shooting the deceased, but claimed that he did it in self-defense. In connection with the charge on the plea of self-defense, the trial judge, over appellant’s objection, instructed the jury concerning the law of mutual combat and that the plea of self-defense could not be invoked if the shooting resulted from a mutual intent to fight. The sole contention of appellant in this appeal is that the instructions concerning the law…