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Hines v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jul 13, 1948
48 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. 1948)

Opinion

16244.

JULY 13, 1948.

Murder. Before Judge Camp. Laurens Superior Court. March 18, 1948.

Bell, Justice, being absent because of illness, Judge Lilly was designated for their case.

E. L. Rowland, J. Roy Rowland, and W. A. Dampier, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, W. W. Larsen, Solicitor-General, and Wright Lipford, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


1. The evidence supported the verdict, and it was not error to overrule the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. The only amended ground, which complains that the court "failed to charge on the law of manslaughter," is too indefinite to present any question for decision. Johnson v. State, 146 Ga. 191 (5) ( 91 S.E. 42); Knight v. State, 148 Ga. 41 (3) ( 95 S.E. 679); Armstrong v. State, 181 Ga. 538 (3) ( 183 S.E. 67); Worthy v. State, 192 Ga. 620 (3) ( 15 S.E.2d 854).

Judgment affirmed. Jenkins, Chief Justice, Duckworth, Presiding Justice, Atkinson, Wyatt, and Candler, Justices, and Judge Lilly concur.

No. 16244. JULY 13, 1948.


Summaries of

Hines v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Jul 13, 1948
48 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. 1948)
Case details for

Hines v. State

Case Details

Full title:HINES v. THE STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Jul 13, 1948

Citations

48 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. 1948)
204 Ga. 1

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