Garner v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter, from Johnson superior court— 'Judge Rawlings. July 16, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1. The defendant was indicted for murder and1 convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence fully authorized the verdict.
2. Any person of common intelligence and familiar with the sizes of pistol *789bullets is competent as a witness to testify as to the size of a particular pistol ball seen by him. The witness need not be an expert in the technical sense of the word.
3. Self-serving declarations, especially when not a part of the res gestae, are inadmissible in behalf of the defendant.
4. It is relevant to prove that the defendant on trial, charged' with a homicide committed through the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cumming v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Holland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Blalock v. WaldrupSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
3Cited by9 opinions
- Downs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Steele v. SuwalskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935
- Land v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- James v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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