Legal Opinion · Dissent

Little v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1927No. 5730Published

1DissentHines, J.

In the opinion a new trial is granted upon four grounds. The first is, that the court erred in refusing to permit a witness for the State, upon the cross-examination, upon objection of counsel for the State, to answer the question whether the accused was accustomed to carry a gun. The second is, that the court erred in failing to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter, embraced in sections 64 and 65 of the Penal Code. The third is, that the court erred in instructing the jury that if *519the evidence in behalf of the State convinced them beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, with a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Warrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
  5. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893

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