Legal Opinion

Hamilton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 22, 1966No. 42042PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

1. The court is not required in the absence of a timely written request to charge the jury the law relating to impeachment of witnesses. Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573 (5) (192 SE 223); Arnold v. State, 94 Ga. App. 148, 152 (93 SE2d 775).

2. Error cannot be urged as to the admission in evidence of a .22 caliber bullet identified by a witness as that taken from the body of the deceased, even though the identification was later shown to have been based on hearsay testimony, where counsel, upon the State’s tender of the bullet in evidence, specifically stated that he had no objection.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Douberly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  2. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  3. Arnold v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
  2. Malone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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