McKenna v. State

Citations

• 61 Miss. 589

Syllabus

<p>1. Cbiminal Law. Self-defense. Instruction.</p> <p>It is error to instruct the jury that they could not acquit a prisoner on the plea of self-defense unless they believed or had reason to doubt whether the deceased was at the time seeking to murder the prisoner or that he had reason so to believe.</p> <p>2. Same. Great bodily harm.</p> <p>It is not incumbent on the prisoner to do more than to raise a doubt in the mind of the jury as to whether he had a right to believe that the deceased was at the time seeking to do him some great bodily harm and that the only way to avoid this was to take the life of deceased.</p>