Lewis v. State

Mar 23, 1906
Reporters:
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Before:
Beck
Beck, J.

1. In the absence of a proper written request, it ‍​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‍is not error for the trial court to fail to instruct the jury on the subject of impeachment of witnesses, ‍​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‍credibility of witnesses, or the rule as to reconciling conflicting testimony. See Steed v. State, 123 Ga. 569 (3) ; Freeman v. Coleman, 88 Ga. 421 (3) ; Stevens v. Central R. Co., 80 Ga. 19 (3).

2. There ‍​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‍being nothing in the evidence to authorize such a charge, it was proper for the court to omit the law ‍​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‍of involuntary manslaughter from its instructions to the jury.

3. The evidence warranted the verdict, and the court did not err ‍​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‍in .refusing to grant a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.