Legal Opinion
Irwin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 13, 1942No. 14248PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1. Conviction of murder was authorized by the evidence.
2, 3. Rulings on admissibility of evidence over objections.
4. Under the evidence and the statement of the accused at the trial, either he was justified as he contended, or he was guilty of murder. The court did not err in not giving in charge the law of voluntary manslaughter.
No. 14248. OCTOBER 13, 1942.
Isaac Irwin was found guilty, without a recommendation, of the murder of J. N. Perdue by shooting him with a pistol on February 1, 1942. The defendant excepted to the refusal of a new trial.
Exception was taken to the admission of testimony…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- People v. . ThompsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Cox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Whitley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Sasser v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Reeves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- McDaniel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Fann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Faust v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
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