POUNDERS v. STATE

8 Div. 299.

213 So.2d 394 (1968)

Ralph POUNDERS v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. A. Ball, Jr., Tuscumbia, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Walter S. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


COLEMAN, Justice.

Defendant was convicted for murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-five years in the penitentiary.

On the trial, defendant pleaded not guilty and self-defense. At the request of the state, the court gave the following written charge:

"State 2. I charge you gentlemen of the jury, that if the defendant's testimony admits an intentional killing with a deadly weapon, then the burden is on the defendant to...

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