Legal Opinion

Densley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 28, 1919No. 10276PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Conviction of involuntary manslaughter; from Lowndes superior court—Judge Thomas. October 26,1918.

1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.

1. The charge of the court is not subject to the objection that it stated unfairly to the defendant the State’s theory of the homicide, or that it was unintelligible or confusing to the jury.

2. The excerpts from the charge of the court excepted to cannot be construed as containing any expression or intimation of opinion on the facts., “To declare the law applicable to a given state of facts is no expression or intimation of opinion as to whether any of the facts referred to do or do not exist in the case on trial.” Yarborough v. State, 86 Ga. 396 (12 S. E. 650).

3. There being evidence of an…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Yarborough v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sheppard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  2. Brawner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  3. Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
  4. Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
  5. Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. HambyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937

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