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Graham v. StateGraham v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 18, 1916
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Atkinson
Atkinson, J.

1. There being evidence to authorize such a charge, it was not ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍erroneous to instruct the jury: “For one to kill a person who is undertaking to make upon him a legal arrest, in a lawful ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍manner is murder, and is not manslaughter or justifiable homicide.” Brooks v. State, 114 Ga. 6 (37 S. E. 877) ; Johnson v. State, 130 Ga. 27 (60 S. E. 160).

2. Portions of the charge complained ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍of in grounds 5 and 6 of the amended motion for new.trial were in.accord with the rulings of this court when the case was ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍here on a former occasion. Graham v. State, 143 Ga. 440 (858. E. 328).

3. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and none of the other grounds of the ‍‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‍motion for new trial show error requiring a reversal. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Graham v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Oct 18, 1916
Citations: 146 Ga. 18; 90 S.E. 473; 1916 Ga. LEXIS 557
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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