Surles v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Ilighsmith. Wayne superior court. February 16, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Where the evidence relied upon by the State to establish the fact of the homicide discloses circumstances of • mitigation or justification, such evidence does not raise a presumption of malice. Dowdy v. State, 96 Ga. 653 (23 S. E. 827); Green v. State, 124 Ga. 343 (52 S. E. 431; Mann v. State, 124 Ga. 760 (53 S. S. 224, 4 L. R. A. (N. S.) 934); Elliott v. State, 132 Ga. 758 (64 S. E. 1090). Accordingly, as the evidence in this ease relied on to prove the homicide also tended to show mitigation and justification, it was error to charge the jury: “Where one is charged with murder and…
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