Parrish v. State

The first special ground of the amended motion for a new trial complains of the admission into evidence of a statement signed by the defendant after his arrest, to the effect: that he shot Alex Allbright at Hilltonis, Georgia, while in the house that used to be the old gin office, in the room nearest the front door, with the 22 pistol found in his possession at the time of his arrest; that, when he entered the room, Alex was sitting in a chair by the heater; that he said, “Hey, Alex”; that the defendant turned his back, and the defendant thought he was going to get something to hurt him with,…