Court Opinion

ID: 9825569
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 13:24:11.071487+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:00.403751
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
On application for rehearing counsel in brief states: “ * * * appellant earnestly and respectfully requests that this Honorable Court extend its opinion by setting forth the facts which show that at the time deceased fired on appellant that the latter was standing with his hands down by his sides.” The record authorizes it, and of course we have no hesitancy in complying with this request.
The son of the decedent testified that at the time his father fired the first shot the defendant was standing with his hands beside him and holding a pistol in one hand.
We had in mind this detail in the evidence when our former views were expressed.
We still entertain the inescapable conclusion that whether or not the accused was authorized to justify his act on the doctrine of self-defense and whether or not the evidence warranted a conviction of murder in the second degree were questions clearly within the determinable province of the jury.
The jury made its decision, and this finding was sustained by the trial judge. We are not convinced that we should disturb this judgment.
Application for rehearing overruled.