Jury Instructions

If you believe from the evidence that the defendant was without fault in providing or bringing on the incident and if you further believe from the evidence that the defendant reasonably feared, under the circumstances as they appeared to him, that he was in danger of being killed or that he was in danger of […]

The law of self defense is the law of necessity, and the necessity relied upon to justify the [shooting, stabbing, etc.] must not have arisen out of the defendant’s own misconduct. In determining the necessity, the defendant may act upon reasonable appearances of danger, and whether the danger is reasonably apparent is always to be

When one without fault himself is attacked by another in such a manner or under such circumstances as to furnish reasonable grounds for apprehending a design to take away his life, or do him some great bodily harm, and there is reasonable ground to believe the danger is imminent and that such design will be

When a person reasonably apprehends that another intends to attack him for the purpose of killing him or doing him serious bodily harm, then such person has a right to arm himself for his own necessary self-protection, and in such case, no inference of malice can be drawn from the fact that he prepared for

If you believe from that the defendant reasonably believed, under the circumstances as they appeared to him, that [name of third party] was without fault in provoking or bringing on the fight and that [name of third party] was in danger of bring killed or of suffering great bodily harm, then the wounding by the

If you believe from the evidence that the defendant, although in some fault in the first instance in provoking or bringing on the difficulty, was attacked by the deceased, and that he, the defendant, retreated as far as possible and announced his desire for peace, then if you further believe from the evidence that that

If you believe from the evidence that the defendant at the time of the shooting was without fault on his part and was being attacked by the deceased, and further that he reasonably feared death or serious bodily harm to himself at the hands of the deceased, then he had the right to stand his

When one is assaulted he may use in self-defense only such force as appears to him reasonably necessary to repel the attack.

The defendant in this case pleads self-defense in the shooting of the deceased, and you have the right, in determining his guilt or innocence, to consider any reputation of the deceased for being a person of violent or turbulent disposition.

If you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was with some fault in provoking or bringing on the difficulty, and if you further believe that when attacked 1. He retreated as far as he safely could under the circumstances, and 2. In good faith attempted to abandon the difficulty, and