95 Ga. App. 265 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1957
1. Where, upon the trial of one charged with involuntary manslaughter in killing another in the commission of an unlawful act, to wit, in driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants and upon the wrong side of the highway, the defendant’s major defense is that he was not driving the automobile at the time in question, and the evidence is in sharp conflict as to who was in fact driving, it is error requiring the grant of a new trial for the trial court to refuse to permit a physician, a witness for the State, who had attended many victims of automobile accidents and observed the difference in the nature of the injuries sustained by those persons driving at the time of the accidents and those riding
2. As the case must be remanded for another trial, the remaining assignments of error contained in the motion for a new trial, being of such nature as not likely to recur on another trial, are not passed upon.
Judgment reversed.