Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 7, 1980No. 59051PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Otis C. Green was indicted for the murder of one Roscoe Nations. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter, and Green filed this pro se appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial. The first three enumerations of error raise the general grounds and the fourth states: "The court erred in failing to give the jury proper guidelines by which to decide the case.” We affirm.

An eyewitness testified to the effect that Green, the victim and several others had been drinking for several days when a fight broke out between the victim and Green’s cousin; that during the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Pullen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Fain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  2. Porter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  3. Gadonna v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  4. Seagraves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Sutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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