Sharpe v. State

In the first special ground of the amended motion for new trial, error is assigned on the charge of the court as follows: “In determining intent, differences in racial and social standings and customs may be considered.” This portion of the charge is taken in essence, if not verbatim, from a charge in Jackson v. State, 91 Ga. 322 (2) (18 S. E. 132, 44 A.L.R. 25), on a trial involving a like offense. The language used by the court in that case was approved in an opinion written by Chief Justice Bleckley, as follows: “The doctrine of the court’s charge to the jury that, upon the question of…