State v. Buffington

Citations

• 66 Kan. 706
• 72 P. 213
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 122

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Criminal Practice — Homicide — Instructions to Jury. In a prosecution for murder, where the defense is self-defense, and there is some substantial evidence that would tend to mitigate the homicide to manslaughter, however weak and inconclusive such evidence may appear to the court, it is error to refuse to instruct the jury concerning manslaughter.</p>