State v. Robinson

Layton, Chief Justice,

charged the jury in part, as follows:

The defense in this case is that the defendant killed the deceased in the necessary defense of his own life. When established to the satisfaction of the jury, this defense is absolute, and entitles the defendant to a verdict of acquit*422tal. The burden of proof in such defense is upon the defendant ; but while he does bear the burden of proof, yet, if upon the whole state of the evidence, the prosecution has not sustained the burden resting upon it to establish the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant should be…