Legal Opinion

Fulford v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 18, 1978No. 54805PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Judge.

Fulford appeals from his conviction of voluntary manslaughter. He enumerates as error the trial court’s overruling of his motion for new trial on the general grounds, the admission of certain evidence, and the charge to the jury. Finding no error, we affirm.

The homicide took place between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on July 24, 1976, at the Eight Ball Club in Vidalia. The evidence established that Fulford had been in the club several times during the day, that he had been drinking, that, just previous to the homicide, he had been speaking in a loud voice and had almost…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hanson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  4. Baker v. Augusta Veneer Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1933

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  2. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Burton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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