Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1958No. 36932PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Townsend, Judge.

1. The defendant was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of Sumter County for the offense of involuntary manslaughter while in the commission of an unlawful act. To the judgment of the trial court denying the motion for new trial as amended he brings error.(a) “The essential elements of the offense of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act are, first, the intentional commission of an unlawful act, and, second, the killing of a human being without having so intended, but as the proximate result of such intended act.” Wells v. State, 44 Ga. App. 760…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  2. Gunder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1957
  3. Wells v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  4. Waters v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  5. Dockery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1957

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Townsend v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  2. Norrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  3. Bond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  5. Morris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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