Starr v. State

Evans, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for murder and aggravated assault. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve 20 years. Motion for new trial was denied, and defendant appeals. Held:

1. When a homicide is neither justifiable nor malicious, it is manslaughter, and if intentional, it is voluntary manslaughter. Davis v. State, 68 Ga. App. 296 (2) (22 SE2d 762); Spradlin v. State, 90 Ga. App. 97, 103 (82 SE2d 238); Gainey v. State, 132 Ga. App. 870 (1) (209 SE2d 689). There was no evidence here of unintentional killing, or of pointing a pistol at the deceased and…