State v. . Snead

Stacy, O. J.

We are constrained to hold the following instruction for error: “If you are not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of murder in the second degree,- as the Court will instruct you what constitutes murder in the second degree, you would consider whether from all the facts in this case, both the State and the defendant, the defendant has offered such evidence as would reduce the crime with which he is charged to that of manslaughter. And in that case, gentlemen of the jury, the burden is upon the defendant to satisfy you from the evidence introduced by…