Moody v. State

Dec 19, 1901
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Lumpkin
Lumpkin, P. J.

1. This case, as to the first point ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍ruled above, is directly within the principle laid down in Fletcher v. State, 85 Ga. 666.

2. The charge dealt within the second headnote was ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍obviously erroneous. Whether or not given circumstances are entitled to any weight is purely a matter for the ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍jury. ’ As the judge instructed the jury that they must give weight to certain circumstances, and as ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍the same tended to show the guilt of the accused, the charge was in this respect necessarily prejudicial ‍​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍to him.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring, except Little, J., absent.