Spradlin v. State

The Supreme Court has remanded this case for reconsideration in light of Ward v. State, 151 Ga. App. 36 (258 SE2d 699) (1979).

Ward, supra, p. 37, held that the defendant "admitted that she shot the victim. This, of course, raises a presumption that she intended to kill him. [Cits.] A charge on involuntary manslaughter is not warranted where the evidence establishes without conflict that the killing was intentional rather than unintentional. [Cits.] The facts in the instant case provide no evidentiary basis for a charge on involuntary manslaughter.” (Emphasis supplied.)

In the instant case the…