Legal Opinion

McKibben v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 23, 1953No. 34494PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarlisle, J.

Counsel for the State contend that, even though the court’s charges on the theories of justification may have been erroneous—which they do not concede—under this court’s rulings in Lewis v. State, 79 Ga. App. 326 (53 S. E. 2d 590), Davis v. State, 76 Ga. App. 427 (46 S. E. 2d 520), Cribb v. State, 71 Ga. App. 539 (31 S. E. 2d 248), there was no error in the trial court’s refusal to grant the motion for new trial, based upon those allegedly erroneous charges on justification, for the reason that where, in a trial for murder, there are any errors in charging justification under Code §§ 26-1011,…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. McCray v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  5. Baker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Ledford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  4. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  5. Wayne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966

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