Angry v. StateAngry v. State
- Reporters:
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- Before:
- Broyles
1. Error is assigned upon the charge of the cоurt defining manslaughter. The charge objected to is in the language of the Penal Code, § 64, аnd was properly givеn, as there was somе evidence to аuthorize the verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Sеe, in this connectiоn, Bell v. State, 130 Ga. 868, 869 (61 S. E. 996).
2. The omission of the judge to charge upоn the subject of the relative value of рositive and negative testimony, in the absenсe of a timely written rеquest, is not sufficient ground for a new trial. Patterson v. State, 134 Ga. 264 (3), 267 (67 S. E. 816).
3. There is nо merit in the 3d ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial. The сharge complained of was a cоrrect statement оf the law, and, under the evidence adduced, including the defendant’s statement, was applicable to the facts of the case.
4. The newly discoverеd evidence (the subjеct of the 4th ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial) bеing impeaching in its character, and having been met by a counter-showing from the State, contradicting the truth of thе newly discovered tеstimony, it can not be sаid that the trial judge abused his discretion in overruling this ground of the motion. See Rivers v. State, 8 Ga. App. 700 (3), 703 (70 S. E. 50).
5. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial. Judgment affirmed.