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Price v. StatePrice v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jun 9, 1919
10316
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Stephens
Stephens, J.

Where two parties fall to fighting, and during the ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍encounter one of them is shot and killed, it is for the jury to say, under all the ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍circumstances, whether or not the homicide was voluntary manslaughter. The evidence supports the verdict, and the trial judge ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍did not err in submitting the issue of voluntary manslaughter to the jury.

Judgment affirmed,.

Broyles, P. J., and Bloodworth, ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍J., concur. Indictment for murder—conviction of manslaughter; from Calhoun superior court—Judge Harrell. August 17, 1918. A. L. Miller, for plaintiff in ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍error. B. 0. Bell, solicitor-general, F. A. Hooper-, B. W. Forison, contra.

Case Details

Case Name: Price v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Jun 9, 1919
Citations: 23 Ga. App. 775; 99 S.E. 472; 1919 Ga. App. LEXIS 344; 10316
Docket Number: 10316
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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