Tolbert v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for mnrder. Before Judge Bawlings. Jenkins superior court. December 12, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. “It is not tile duty of the court to carve up the ease into different propositions, and instruct the jury specifically on each as to reasonable doubt, but to submit the case as a whole upon all the evidence, and instruct upon the subject of doubt in appropriate terms upon the whole case.” Carr v. State, 84 Ga. 250.
2. A new trial will not be'granted in a criminal case, where the evidence strongly supports the verdict, and where the judge fully and fairly charged the jury concerning the law of reasonable doubt, solely because of the refusal to give a request instructing them, in effect, that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- McDuffie v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Cress v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
3Cited by7 opinions
- Gravitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Pressley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
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- Stowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Grimes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
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