Legal Opinion

Willis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 20, 1940No. 28414PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. “It is well settled by numerous rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court that the law of voluntary manslaughter may properly be given in charge to the jury on the trial of one indicted for murder, where, from the evidence or from the defendant’s statement to *263the jury, there is anything deducible which would tend to show that he was guilty of manslaughter, . . or which would be sufficient to raise a doubt as to whether the homicide was murder or manslaughter. Reeves v. State, 22 Ga. App. 629 (97 S. E. 115). It is likewise well settled that it is the prerogative of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  2. May v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  3. Reeves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  4. Salter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hearn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Holloway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  3. McClenton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Holloway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  5. Lumpkin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

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