State v. Stonaker

Gunter, Justice.

We granted the state’s application for a writ of certiorari to review the decision and judgment of the Court of Appeals in Stonaker v. State, 134 Ga. App. 123 (213 SE2d 506) (1975). The Court of Appeals reversed respondent’s conviction for what it considered deficiencies in the charge of the trial court to the jury: The failure of the trial judge to charge the jury on a lesser offense to that offense delineated in the indictment, and the trial judge’s failure to charge the jury on the subject of conflicting statements of the victim even though no such charge was requested in…