Ellis v. State

Citations

• 86 Fla. 257
• 97 So. 520

Syllabus

<p>Where, upon an examination of the whole of the record o,n- a conviction of manslaughter, the principal defense being self- ■ defense, it appears that there was an erroneous charge-given on the law of .self-defense, and other errors of procedure, which taken together canno( be said, nqt to have resulted in injury to the defendant, though as to the erroneous charge there was no proper exception, and judgments of conviction of co-defendants, one of whom fired the fatal shot, having been reversed, a new trial should be awarded where substantial justice seems to demand it.</p>