Neal v. State

1. The charge of which complaint is made in ground 1 of the amendment to the motion for a new trial contains an abstractly oorrect principle of law, and “ a charge which is abstractly correct is not rendered erroneous by a failure to charge some other legal principle applicable to the case.” Gunn v. State, 23 Ga. App. 545(3) (99 S. E. 62), and cases cited; Atlanta & West Point R. Co. v. Miller, 23 Ga. App. 347(3) (98 S. E. 248), and cases cited.

2. “ In the absence of a timely and appropriate written request, the court did not err in failing to charge the jury specifically that the burden was…