Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1929No. 19225PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

1. The evidence amply authorized, if it did not demand, the verdict, and the court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for a new trial.

2. Having been charged with murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter, the defendant can not complain of alleged errors in the court’s charge upon the law of murder. Jordan v. State, 22 Ga. 545 (9) ; Goss v. State, 14 Ga. App. 402 (2) (81 S. E. 247) ; Thompson v. State, 24 Ga. App. 144 (2) (99 S. E. 891) ; Nichols v. State, 35 Ga. App. 399 (2-a) (133 S. E. 266).

3. When the entire charge is considered in the light of the facts of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
  2. Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  4. Goss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
  5. Nichols v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Goldsmith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  2. Fuller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  3. Lewis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  4. Bird v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  5. Chambers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951

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