Miller v. State, 4 Div. 799.
Decision Date | 18 January 1944 |
Docket Number | 4 Div. 799. |
Citation | 16 So.2d 335,31 Ala.App. 319 |
Parties | MILLER v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Court of Appeals |
M I. Jackson, of Clayton, for appellant.
Wm N. McQueen, Acting Atty. Gen., and Furman Smith, Asst. Atty Gen., for the State.
Huey Miller killed Mitchell Jackson by stabbing him with a knife. He was indicted, tried, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. Punishment was assessed at one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary. The only exceptions appearing relate to the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the defendant and, later, to grant his motion for a new trial.
The undisputed evidence was that defendant struck the fatal blow when deceased was assaulting him with a stick. The defendant in order to avoid trouble, had left the crap game in which the two were engaged and was retiring from the scene, when deceased followed him and sought to continue the trouble. All of this showed a desire of defendant to shun the difficulty and has the sympathy of this court. It might properly call for consideration of clemency by the State parole authorities. It does not, however, warrant a reversal of the judgment upon appeal.
The defendant sought to justify his conduct on the ground of self-defense. The lucid oral charge of the trial judge fully and correctly exposited the law in this regard, viz.,
These issues were very properly submitted to the jury for determination. The uncontroverted evidence does undoubtedly reflect, as a matter of law, that the defendant was in danger of suffering serious bodily harm when he struck deceased, but the other elements of self-defense were not so...
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