Hinton v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The defendant contends in the first special ground of the motion for a new trial that the court erred in failing to charge the provisions of Code § 38-1803 relative to the impeachment of witnesses by proof of prior contradictory statements and the sustaining of *251such testimony by proof of general good character. No request was made for such charge, and the court did charge the law as to credibility of witnesses. “Where the judge charges the jury that the credibility of the witnesses is to be determined by the jury, and there is no request to instruct the…