Williams v. State

Full title: WILLIAMS v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Apr 19, 1945

33 S.E.2d 927 (Ga. Ct. App. 1945)

72 Ga. App. 432

Opinion

30801.

DECIDED APRIL 19, 1945. REHEARING DENIED MAY 2, 1945.

Voluntary manslaughter; from Laurens superior court — Judge Camp. December 21, 1944.

R. I. Stephens and Lester F. Watson, for plaintiff in error.

W. W. Larsen, solicitor-general, E. L. Stephens, contra.

BROYLES, C. J.

The defendant was tried on an indictment for murder and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Held:

1. The evidence, direct and circumstantial, authorized the verdict.

2. It was not error to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter to the jury.

3. The evidence was not wholly circumstantial, and the court did not err in failing to charge the law of circumstantial evidence, in the absence of a request for such a charge.

Judgment affirmed. MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.

DECIDED APRIL 19, 1945. REHEARING DENIED MAY 2, 1945.