Commonwealth v. Voychek

Citations

• 229 Pa. 320
• 78 A. 833
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 492

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Murder—Point for charge — Self-defense.</p> <p>Where in a murder trial the prisoner presents a point involving self-defense, but not correctly stating the law, and not founded on the testimony, the prisoner cannot complain if the court refuses unqualifiedly to affirm the point. In such a case, if the court affirms the point with a full explanation of the law governing the right of self-defense, the prisoner has the advantage of an instruction to which he is not in fact entitled.</p>