Allison v. State

Hall, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of shooting at another, and assigns error on the overruling of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The trial court’s instruction concerning the effect the jury may give to the defendant’s unsworn statement, which was substantially in the language of the statute giving the defendant the right to make an unsworn statement, was not error. Code Ann. § 38-415; Richmond v. State, 210 Ga. 403, 406 (80 SE2d 178).

2. The trial court, having instructed the jury that if they found the defendant guilty of the felony charged they had the right to recommend misdemeanor…