Brantley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Rawlings. Washington superior court. March 4, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Solomon Brantley was indicted in a single count for murder, and on the trial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He moved for a new trial, which was refused, and he carried his case to the Court of Appeals, by writ of error, and there obtained a reversal. See 5 Ga. App. 457 (63 S. E. 519). When the case again came on for trial in the superior court, he filed a plea of former acquittal and former jeopardy, contending that the verdict finding him guilty of voluntary manslaughter had the legal effect of finding him not guilty of murder, and therefore he could not be again put on trial for…
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