Cobb v. State

Bbovles, O. J.

1. On the trial of one indicted for nmrder, a verdict finding the accused guilty of voluntary manslaughter is authorized where, from the evidence or from the defendant’s statement to the jury, there is a/nytlvmg deducible which would lend to show that he was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, or which would be sufficient to raise a doubt as to whether the homicide was murder or voluntary manslaughter. Reeves v. State, 22 Ga. App. 628 (97 S. E. 115); May v. State, 24 Ga. App. 379, 382 (100 S. E. 797). It is also well settled that it is the prerogative of the jury to accept the…