Richardson v. State
Decision Date | 29 January 1920 |
Docket Number | 7 Div. 13 |
Citation | 85 So. 789,204 Ala. 124 |
Parties | RICHARDSON v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Rehearing Denied Feb. 14, 1920
Appeal from Circuit Court, Calhoun County; Hugh D. Merrill, Judge.
James Richardson was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded.
In a prosecution for killing defendant's son-in-law, as defendant claimed, in defense of his daughter, living apart from her husband and suing for divorce requested charge on self-defense, failing to stipulate for defendant's honest belief that he was in imminent peril, was properly refused.
The following charges were refused to the defendant:
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