Legal Opinion

Washington v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 1, 1972No. 47201Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Chief Judge.

The defendant was tried for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He enumerates as error the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, the failure of the trial court to charge on involuntary manslaughter and accident or misadventure.

1. Upon arrival at the deceased’s home there was testimony from the State’s witnesses that the defendant stuck a knife into his belt. Also according to the State’s witnesses the deceased confronted the defendant concerning why the defendant had told the deceased’s girl friend that he had been riding around with another…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tate v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Ivey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968

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