STATE v. CHAMINEAK

No. 47229.

328 S.W.2d 10 (1959)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Harry James CHAMINEAK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

October 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris A. Shenker, John E. Bardgett, Lawrence J. Lee, Bernard J. Mellman, St. Louis, for appellant.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Robert E. Hogan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury found that Harry Chamineak, in shooting and killing Harold Hogan, was guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed his punishment at ten years' imprisonment. Numerous problems have been briefed and argued but the meritorious question, determinative of this appeal, is whether Chamineak is entitled to a new trial because the court refused to instruct the jury upon the subject of self-defense...

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