Legal Opinion

Moreland v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 14, 1927No. 5711PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

The Court of Appeals desires instructions from the Supreme Court upon the following question:

“Moreland and Bray were jointly indicted for murder. More-land alone was tried (Bray not having been apprehended), and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. The evidence authorized a finding of the following facts: The two men, on a rainy day, were traveling in an automobile on a public highway in Cobb County, this State, to wit, the public highway from Atlanta to Marietta. Moreland was the owner of the car, and Bray was Moreland’s chauffeur and the driver of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ShermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
  2. Silver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Huntsinger v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Lash v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
  4. Moreland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
  5. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946

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