State v. Stevenson

Citations

• 74 Kan. 193
• 85 P. 797
• 1906 Kan. LEXIS 33

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Criminal Law — New Trial — Misconduct of Jury. It is not error to deny a motion for a new trial in a criminal case for-misconduct of the jury, unless the facts are such that the court may presume that prejudice resulted therefrom to the defendant.</p> <p>2. -Instruction — Statutory Definition of Manslaughter. In a trial upon a charge of murder it is not error for the court to define the crime of manslaughter in the second degree in the language of the statute;</p>