Banks v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was charged with Murder in the First Degree. His plea was “self defense.” He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-one (21) years. The appeal to this Court challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.

The necessary elements of “self defense” have been most recently set forth by this Court in the case of King v. State (1968), 249 Ind. 699, 234 N. E. 2d 465. We quote from that case:

“Where one has taken the life of another human being, and thereafter contends that he did so in self-defense, he…