Legal Opinion

Chester v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 20, 1907No. 834PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Indictment for shooting at another, from Washington superior ■court — Judge Eawlings. July 12, 1907.

1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.

1. While a conviction of the offense of shooting at another is not legal where the evidence as a whole .shows that the defendant deliberately shot the prosecutor, either maliciously or else justifiably, yet this is riot true where, under any phase of the evidence, a shooting unlawful but not malicious can be inferred.

'2. Where, under the defendant’s statement taken as a whole, the shooting was justifiable, but where, discarding it in part and taking it in part, the shooting was not justifiable and yet not malicious, the jury were authorized to find him guilty of shooting at another.

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2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Fallon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  2. Gaskin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
  3. Perry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  4. Rawls v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
  5. Saylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956

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