Dorsey v. State

While counsel for the defendant expressly states that he does not abandon any of the assignments of error,, he really argues only one question, citing authorities on which he* *274seeks a reversal. This contention is that, under the evidence, the defendant was guilty of murder or nothing, and that, under the evidence, his conviction of voluntary manslaughter was unauthorized and the court was unauthorized to submit that question to the jury. To sustain this contention, counsel cites and relies upon the cases of Kendrick v. State, 113 Ga. 761 (39 S. E. 286); Tolbirt v. State, 119 Ga. 970 (47 S. E.…