Ellison v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Frank Park. Worth superior court. September 23, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtLUMBKm, J.
1. The doctrine of reasonable fears as a defense does not apply to ’ any case of homicide where the danger apprehended is not urgent and pressing, or apparently so, at the time of the killing. Jackson v. State, 91 Ga. 271 (18 S. E. 298, 44 Am. St. R. 22); Williams v. State, 120 Ga. 870, 873 (48 S. E. 368).
*1942. The law relating to the presumption of malice arising from proof of a voluntary homicide, where the evidence adduced to establish the homicide does not negative the existence of malice, and relating to the burden of proof to show circumstances of alleviation or justification, unless they…
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