Legal Opinion
Radford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 10, 1977No. 31922PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether State v. Stonaker, 236 Ga. 1 (222 SE2d 354) (1976), was correctly applied in Radford v. State, 140 Ga. App. 451 (231 SE2d 365) (1976).
This is the background of the case: Billy Radford was convicted of aggravated assault in Richmond Superior Court. At trial, Radford’s counsel made an oral request that the judge’s charge to the jury include instructions on the lesser included offense of simple assault. The trial court refused the request. On appeal, the Court of Appeals ruled that it was not error to refuse the request…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Kessel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Ramsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
- Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- General Motors Corp. v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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