Little v. State

Nov 15, 1905
Reporters:
,
Before:
Calhoon
Calhoon, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The court properly ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍excluded the testimony offered in exculpation of defendant as to his statement made five minutes after ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍the striking of the fatal blow.

The giving of the first instruction for the state was error. If ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍defendant struck to save his brother’s life, he was justified, even though his brother was the aggressor, ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍unless the aggression was *516with a means and with the reasonably apparent intent to kill or do ‍​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‍great ‘bodily harm. The evidence sharply conflicts.

Reversed and remanded.