Porter v. State

Bell, Justice.

1. The defendant sought, by his statement alone, to put in issue the character of the deceased for violence; but since he referred only to specific acts, the court, for this reason if not for others, properly refused to give in charge to the jury the law applicable to such character. Doyal v. State, 70 Ga. 134 (5) ; Andrews v. State, 118 Ga. 1 (2) (43 S. E. 852) ; Warrick v. State, 125 Ga. 133 (6) (53 S. E. 1027).

2. The requested charges on the good character of the accused, and on the right of the jury to prevent the death penalty by a recommendation to mercy, were…