Barnett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Brand. Gwinnett superior court. December 16, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
1. An irrelevant instruction given at the request of the counsel for the accused is not cause for a new trial; especially so, when it is apparent that such instruction was not prejudicial to the accused. Hicks v. State, 105 Ga. 627 (31 S. E. 579).
2. The charge on the subject of motive was a literal reproduction of the charge approved as correct in Davis v. State, 74 Ga. 869 (4).
3. It is not erroneous to charge in effect that flight by one accused of crime, immediately after the alleged commission of the criminal act, may be considered by the jury as a circumstance, not sufficient of itself to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
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