Sharpley v. State

The evidence in this case without conflict shows that the homicide was committed in a sudden rencountre. Under the evidence, if the defendant could not legally invoke the doctrine of self-defense, the facts, if believed beyond a reasonable doubt, entitled the state to a verdict of conviction. There is no rule of law better settled in this state than, where a defendant enters into a difficulty willingly an in the difficulty kills his adversary, he cannot invoke the doctrine of self-defense. George v. State, 145 Ala. 41,40 So. 961, 117 Am. St. Rep. 17; 8 Michie's Digest, p. 363, § 254.

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