Holland v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter, from Whitfield superior court— Judge Fite. December 2, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1, 2. The defendant was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. For the same errors as are dealt with in the case of Lightsy v. State, 2 Ga. App. 442 (58 S. E. 686), a new trial must be granted in this case. Section 73 of the Penal Code was in no wise applicable, under the evidence, and, if applicable, should not have been charged in such juxtaposition with sections 70 and 71 as to leave the impression upon the minds of the jury that its principles were a limitation upon those of the other two sections. This question has been discussed too often and too lucidly by the…
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