State v. Page

Citations

• 80 Kan. 389
• 102 P. 780
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 78

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Murder — Burden of Proof — Self-defense—Instructions. In a murder case, where there is some evidence which tends to show a killing in self-defense and that previous threats had been made by the deceased against the defendant, but the defendant makes no request for special instructions and the court instructs the jury as to the burden of proof and in general terms as to the law of self-defense, it is not error to fail to expand the instructions on those subjects so as to apply them to tfye facts which the defendant claims the evidence shows.</p>