Dotson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Conyers. Appling superior court. December 8, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
Randolph Dotson was convicted of the murder of John Willbanks, and the court refused him a new trial.
1. The failure of the court to instruct the jury on the law of voluntary manslaughter was not erroneous. The evidence on this trial was substantially the same as it was on the first trial, and on a review of the first trial it was held that the evidence on behalf of neither side involved manslaughter. 129 Ga. 727 (59 S. E. 774).
2. The defendant put his character in issue. On the cross-examination of one of the witnesses offered by the defendant to prove his good character, the court allowed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Long v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Ozburn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Holsenbake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Dotson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. FlowersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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