Legal Opinion

Hudson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 24, 1984No. 67588PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal she contends the trial court erred (1) by admitting her confession into evidence; (2) by admitting photographs of the deceased into evidence which were gruesome and duplications of other photographs; (3) by refusing several of appellant’s requests to charge; and (4) by charging on the presumption of sanity after appellant presented evidence that she was not sane.

1. In regard to admissibility of appellant’s confession, the evidence disclosed that appellant shot her boyfriend of many years after he beat her and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Shy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  4. Ramey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Doughty v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Marlowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Pinkston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  4. Polley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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