Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 16, 1979No. 58396PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

Larry Williams was indicted for malice murder but convicted by jury of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to ten years with seven to serve. Williams brings this appeal enumerating fourteen alleged errors. We note that this is another of those cases where counsel on appeal is different from appellant’s counsel at trial. Held:

1. In his first four enumerations of error, Williams argues that the trial court erred in a recharge to the jury by failing to include in that recharge a restatement of the principle that if the jury had a reasonable doubt as to any offense or any…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  2. Shouse v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Carrigan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Hart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  5. Kessel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Page v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  2. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Asbury v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Dyer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Noles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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