Legal Opinion

Rumph v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 4, 1919No. 10765PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Conviction of manslaughter; from Macon superior court—Judge Littlejohn. Juno 21, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtBkoyi.es, C. J.

1. While “the law is well settled that when a judge undertakes to charge the law on any subject, he must charge all of it upon that subject that is material aM applicable to the case” (Harper v. State, 17 Ga. App 561 (2), 87 S. E. 808), in this case the charge of the court upon the subject of impeachment of witnesses sufficiently covered all of that subject which was material and applicable.(a) It was sought to impeach several of the State’s witnesses by proof that on the commitment trial of the defendant their testimony was materially different from what it was on this trial, but none of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Millen & Southwestern Railroad v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Robison v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  3. Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Smaha v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  2. Roach v. CarrollCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964

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