Legal Opinion

Ward v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 13, 1979No. 57815PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Underwood, Judge.

Appellant, Queen Ward, was indicted for murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal she brings five enumerations of error. We affirm.

On the night of August, 10, 1978 Ward and Troy Carter, a friend for several years, went to a restaurant in a boarding house which Ward helped to operate. Ward’s husband had died a year earlier and she asked Carter to accompany her as she would be returning late at night and she did not want to drive alone. During the course of the evening Carter asked Ward several times to leave and return to Cartersville, indicating he had to go…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Chandle v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  3. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Moon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  5. Coats v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  2. Daniels v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Daniels v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Dyer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Hagans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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