Leavell v. State

Citations

• 129 Miss. 579
• 92 So. 630

Syllabus

<p>Homicide. Manslaughter instruction may be refused where, there is no evidence to sustain it.</p> <p>In a trial for murder, where the evidence for the state makes- out a olear case of murder, and the defendant’s evidence a clear case of self-defense, and there is no evidence that there was heat of passion, it is not error to refuse a manslaughter instruction requested by the defendant.</p>