Legal Opinion

McKinnon v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 22, 1935No. 24646PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.

The indictment charges that on May 16, 1934, in Chatham county, Georgia, Charles W. McKinnon committed the offense of assault with intent to murder by shooting J. M. Hopkinson with a shotgun. The jury found the defendant guilty of the offense charged. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he excepted.

The first special ground of the motion for a new trial avers that the court committed error in failing “to charge [without request] the law of “shooting at another,” as contained in section 26-1102 *550of the Code of 1933. The other special ground complains that the court “erred in failing to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
  2. Fallon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  3. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  4. Kendrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  5. Mars v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  3. Graham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Barker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Moyers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939

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