Sykes v. State

Citations

• 68 Fla. 348
• 67 So. 121

Syllabus

<p>1. When in a trial for murder, the trial judge has given the general law of this State as to self-defense in several charges which were correct and clear, and has also given three additional instructions requested by the defendant, and one of the charges of the trial judge is attacked because it did not cover a phase of self-defense arising out of a supposed condition of the evidence, upon which the defendant did not request an instruction, the judgment of conviction will not be reversed by this court because of the alleged defect in one of the .trial judge’s instructions.</p> <p>2. The evidence given on the trial is sufficient to sustain- the verdict of manslaughter.</p>