Barnes v. State

Citations

• 118 Miss. 621
• 79 So. 815

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Instructions. Ignoring defense.</p> <p>On the trial of a murder case wherd defendant set up the plea of self-defense, and the facts were close, it was reversible error for the court to instruct for the state, that if there was an intent to kill at the time the wound was inflicted the defendant might be convicted of murder, since there might have been an intent to kill in nceessary self defense, and in this case, the court held that this error was not cured by the other instructions given.</p>