Nelson v. State

MAUCK, PJ.

Under these circumstances the defendant was entitled to a charge upon the law of self defense that adequately protected him. In one instruction given by the court at the request of the defendant the law of self defense was accurately defined, and it was said that the defendant could invoke that doctrine if in the careful and proper use of his faculties he bona fide believed and had reasonable grounds to believe that the killing was necessary. In the general charge of the court, however, the jury was told that while a man has a right to repel force by force, even to the extent of…