Hawkins v. State

Whitman, Judge.

The defendant was tried for murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Two errors are enumerated on the appeal, both complaining of portions of the court’s charge to which defendant failed to make any objection before a verdict was returned by the jury.

Failure to make objection to the charge before the return of a verdict by the jury, as is required by Sec. 17 (a) of the Appellate Practice Act (Sec. 17 (a), Ga. L. 1965, p. 18, as amended by Sec. 6, Ga. L. 1966, pp. 493, 498; Code Ann. § 70-207 (a)), presents nothing for review. Phillips v. State, 114 Ga. App. 417 (3)…