Horne v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

Billy E. Horne was indicted for murder and after a trial before a jury was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in its definition of involuntary manslaughter because it did not define the underlying “unlawful act” and that it was error to give a charge on involuntary manslaughter because such a charge was not supported by the evidence.

A verbatim charge in the language of Code Ann. § 26-1103 is not error. See Newsome v. State, 149 Ga. App. 415 (254 SE2d 381) (1979). It is well-established “ ‘ [w]here no point is made that the…