Legal Opinion

Love v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 28, 1913No. 5086PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Indictment for assault with intent to murder; from Chatham superior court — Judge Charlton. June 17, 1913.

1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.

1. On the trial of one for the offense of assault with intent to murder, it was not erroneous to charge the jury as follows: “If you find that with malice, whether express or implied, and with the specific intention to kill, and with a weapon likely to produce death, the defendant inflicted the wounds upon the prosecuting witness, alleged in the bill of indictment (if there was nothing more in the ease), then he would be guilty of assault /ith intent to murder.” This instruction was not subject to the criticism that it excluded the defenses set up by the accused; especially as the trial…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Arrington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  2. Jackson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  3. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  4. Bracewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  5. Bracewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

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