Case Name: BROOKINS v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1897-02-23
Citations: 100 Ga. 321
Docket Number: 
Parties: BROOKINS v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
BROOKINS v. THE STATE.
Argued February 16,
Decided February 23, 1897.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Gamble. Jefferson superior court. November term, 1896.
Charles T. Woolen, for plaintiff in error.
J. M. (Terrell, attorney-general, and B. T. Rawlings, sojieitor-g&neral, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, J.
1. The evidence malting a plain case of murder, and the statement of the accused a case of accidental homicide which he claimed was committed while he was defending himself from an alleged felonious assault upon him by a person other •than the deceased, there was no error in 'failing to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter.
2. There was no abuse of discretion in holding thait the attack upon the juror for alleged partiality was sufficiently overcome.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.