Richardson v. State

Apr 15, 1935
24627
Reporters:
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Before:
Gubrry
Gubrry, J.

The defendant was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder. The ‍‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‍evidence for the State showed that the defendant, without provocation and while the prosecutor was attempting to evade her, made an unjustifiable assault- with a knife or razor upon the ‍‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‍prosecutor from behind. The defendant through her statement justified herself under the theory of reasonable fears: Sold, that the evidence overwhelmingly supported the verdict; and the court did not err in ‍‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‍failing to charge the jury on the doctrine of reasonable fears, without a request for such a charge, this theory being raised only by the defendant’s statement. See Hardin v. State, 107 Ga. 718 (33 ‍‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‍S. E. 700); Parker v. State, 1 Ga. App. 781 (57 S. E. 1028); Crawford v. State, 125 Ga. 793 (54 S. E. 695); Rentfrow v. State, 123 Ga. 539 (51 S. E. 596). The other assignments of error than that dealt with above are without merit. Judgment ‍‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‍overruling the motion for a new trial is therefore Affirmed.

Broyles, C. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.