Case ID: ga-app_34/html/0515-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Broyles, 0. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

16776.
    Hurst v. The State.
    Decided November 10, 1925.
    Conviction of manslaughter; from Screven superior court— Judge Strange. August 14, 1925.
    
      H. A. Boykin, for plaintiff in error. -
    
      John G. Hollingsworth, solicitor-general, contra.
   Broyles, 0. J.

1. Under the evidence adduced, and the defendant’s statement to the jury, the court properly charged the law of voluntary manslaughter.

2. The verdict was authorized by the evidence, and the refusal to grant a new trial was not error.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.