Blount v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
The defendant was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. The sole enumeration of error contends that the court failed to charge on request a quotation from Simpson v. State, 12 Ga. App. 292 (4) (77 SE 105) (1912) which held it was not error in that case to instruct the jury that if they "are satisfied from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the accused is guilty of one of two or more offenses of which the defendant may lawfully be convicted under the indictment against him, but have reasonable doubt as to which of these offenses the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Freeman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Simpson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Ray v. Gallant-Belk Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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