State v. Champion

The journal entry of the Court of Appeals shows:

“Judgment of the said court of common pleas is reversed for error of the court in not charging self-defense, for error in not properly charging the jury on accidental shooting, and for error in the admission of evidence, no other error appearing in the record, and this cause is remanded to said court of common pleas for further proceedings.”(1) Under the evidence in this case, especially the testimony of the defendant herself, was she entitled to a charge on the law of self-defense? The essential prerequisites to invoking the right of…