Griggs v. State

The first headnote' only will be enlarged upon. By rulings of this court it is settled that in passing upon a case the jury have a right to believe any part of the statement of the defendant and to disbelieve other parts thereof. Smallwood v. State, 17 Ga. App. 516 (2) (87 S. E. 761). If the jury believed that part of the statement of the accused in which he said that the deceased made an assault on him, and it does not appear that the deceased had any weapon, the statement of. the defendant leaving this in doubt, and the jury believed that the defendant shot the deceased because of that…