Myrick v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Under the general grounds, the question here presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to authorize a verdict for murder.

It-has long been the law that, when the State produces evidence sufficient to establish that the defendant killed the deceased in the manner and in the county alleged in the indictment, a prima facie case of murder is thereby established, unless such evidence shows justification or mitigation. Mann v. State, 124 Ga. 760 (53 S. E. 324, 4 L. R. A. (N. S.) 934); Johnson v. State, 152 Ga. 457 (110 S. E. 211); Key v.…