Legal Opinion

Deal v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 18, 1916No. 6669PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Indictment for murder — conviction of manslaughter; from Bulloch superior court — Judge Hardeman. May 12, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.

We deem it unnecessary to discuss any of the rulings stated in the headnotes, except that covered by the 7th headnote.. The trial judge in this case apparently charged the jury in conformity with the rulings made in Manson v. State, 14 Ga. App. 837 (82 S. E. 763), and in the great number of cases decided by this court which are cited in support of that decision. After he had charged them that-.“provocation by words, threats, menaces, or contemptuous gestures shall in no case be sufficient to free the person killing from the crime of murder” (Penal Code, § 65) he gave them, in another part of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Deal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  2. Futch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  3. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  5. Manson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  3. Mulligan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Worley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  5. Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933

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