Ruffin v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter; from Effingham superior court — .Judge Strange. August 12, 1922.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. Where A shoots at B, with the intent to kill B, and does kill B, and, while so shooting at B, accidentally shoots and kills C, and is tried for the homicide of B and acquitted, such acquittal is a bar to a prosecution of A for the killing of C. Burnam v. State, 2 Ga. App. 395 (58 S. E. 667), and citations.
2. Where a defendant in a criminal case files a plea of former jeopardy and former acquittal, and the plea is demurred to instead of being traversed, all the allegations of the plea are admitted to be true, and such admission is absolute in the reviewing court. Burnam v. State, supra.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burnam v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
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