Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 13, 1948No. 16228PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) On the general grounds of the motion for new trial, it is insisted by the plaintiff in error that the evidence was insufficient to authorize the jury to find that the killing happened “in the commission of an- unlawful act, which in its consequences, naturally tends to destroy a human life” (Code, § 26-1009); and that the judgment denying a new trial should be reversed on the same grounds and for the same reasons as those in the recent cases of Huntsinger v. State, 200 Ga. 127 (36 S. E. 2d, 92), and Smith v. State, 200 Ga. 188 (36 S. E.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Georgia Power Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Manchester v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Strickland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. KingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Sydenstricker v. VannoyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Sydenstricker v. VannoyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
- McCluskey v. American Oil Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1969
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