Legal Opinion

Chambers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1975No. 50138PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Webb, Judge.

Virginia D. Butler was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and she now appeals. Held:

1. Enumerations of error 3 and 4 complain of the court’s failure to give defendant’s requests to charge on self-defense and justifiable force, but the record reveals that the court fully and fairly charged these principles. Although defendant contends that the court did not charge that self-defense may be utilized where danger is not actual but defendant believes that the danger is real, the record reveals that the court charged on defendant’s "reasonable belief’ in this…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Brand v. WoffordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  3. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  4. Terhune v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  5. Linder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Roger Collins v. Robert O. Francis, Warden, Ga. Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Burger v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. State v. McKinneyIdaho Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  5. Bryan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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