Little v. State

*492This was a conviction of murder in the second degree — from the judgment the prisoner has appealed.

Without discussing the case at length, we announce as our opinion that the judge of the Criminal Court erred in rejecting evidence, offered by the defendant, of previous threats made by the deceased against the prisoner, and of the character of the deceased.

The case upon this question is similar to the case of Robert Jackson v. The State, decided at the present term, ante. The opinion in that case gives the reasons upon which our determination of the question rests, and we deem it unnecessary to…