Gates v. THE STATE

Russell, Judge.

1. Generally, where the trial court defines the crime with which the defendant is charged in the language of the statute, this will be sufficient in the absence of a request for fuller instructions. Paschal v. State, 30 Ga. App. 22 (5) (116 SE 899); Jordan v. State, 103 Ga. App. 493 (120 SE2d 30); Kimbrell v. State, 57 Ga. App. 172 (194 SE 879). An instruction that battery is the unlawful imposition of the hands or arms of one person upon another against the will of the person alleged to have been assaulted, is not error because the court failed to instruct the jury without…