Legal Opinion

Abner v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 25, 1975No. 29389Published

1Opinion of the Court

233 Ga. 922 (1975)

213 S.E.2d 851

ABNER

v.

THE STATE.

29389.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued November 13, 1974.

Decided February 25, 1975.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1975.

Hudson & Montgomery, Jim Hudson, Davis, Davidson & Hopkins, Jack Davidson, for appellant.

Clete D. Johnson, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

2Per curiam

This is an appeal from a murder conviction and a life sentence. The appellant fatally wounded his wife with a shotgun after a quarrel; he defended on the theory of accident; but the jury found against him. There is…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

3Cases cited12 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  5. Fisher v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971

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