Chanslor v. State

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to submit a charge on aiding suicide, Penal Code sec. 22.08, as a lesser included offense. Whether aiding suicide can be an included offense of solicitation of murder appears to be a question of first impression.

The appellant testified that he obtained the poison only to help his wife take her own life and that he obtained an undetectable poison to protect his son from the stigma of having a suicide in the family. Mrs. Chanslor testified, on behalf of the appellant, that she asked him to help her commit suicide, and that, prior to…