Green v. State

1. "An essential element of voluntary manslaughter is passion on the part of the slayer." Rentfrow v. State, 123 Ga. 539 (2) (51 S.E. 596); Frazier v. State, 194 Ga. 657 (2) (22 S.E.2d 404); Deal v. State, 145 Ga. 33 (88 S.E. 573).

2. "The unlawful killing of one who has given the slayer no provocation other than the use of words, threats, menaces, or contemptuous gestures can not be graded as voluntary manslaughter under the doctrine of mutual combat. Code, § 26-1007; Bird v. State, 128 Ga. 253 (57 S.E. 320)." Cone v. State, 193 Ga. 420, 428 (18 S.E.2d 850).

3. "Where the evidence introduced…