Brantley v. State

1. In the absence of an appropriate written request, it was not cause for the grant of a new trial that the judjge, while charging upon the law of reasonable doubt, omitted to charge that the jury might consider the prisoner’s statement in determining whether or not there was a reasonable doubt of his guilt, the judge, in other portions of the charge, having instructed the jury concerning- the weight which might be given to the prisoner’s statement. See Walker v. State, 118 Ga. 34 (44 S. E. 850) ; Jordan v. State, 130 Ga. 406 (60 S. E. 1063).(a) It is not “any doubt,” but a “reasonable…