Medlin v. State

1. In making Ms statement to the jury, as provided for by statute, the prisoner can not lay the foundation for introducing in his favor evidence that would otherwise be inadmissible. Thus, where there was nothing to show that at the time of the homicide, with the commission of which the defendant was. charged, the decedent was the aggressor and was making an attack upon the accused, except the statement of the accused to that effect, evidence offered by him to prove that the decedent was a man of violent character was properly rejected. Vaughn v. State, 88 Ga. 731 (16 S. E. 64); Nix v. State,…