Winford v. State

Mobley, Justice.

Under an indictment charging him with the killing of Ruby Nell Chapman by cutting, stabbing, and wounding her with a knife, the defendant was convicted of murder without a recommendation of mercy. His motion for new trial on the general grounds and eleven special grounds was denied, and he has excepted. Held:

1. Special grounds 4 and 13, which except to the failure to charge “the law of manslaughter” and “the law of involuntary manslaughter,” respectively, are too indefinite to present any question for consideration. Hines v. State, 204 Ga. 1 (2) (48 S. E. 2d 680); Jester v.…