Case Name: Lott v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-11-16
Citations: 146 Ga. 108
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lott v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 108–108

Head Matter:
Lott v. The State.
November 16, 1916.
Rehearing- denied December 19, 1916.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Summerall. Coffee superior court. April 15, 1916.
Wallace & Luke, John B. Cooper, C. A. Ward, R. L. Wilson, Wilson & Bennett, and Barker & Walker, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Walker, attorney-general, M. D. Dickerson, solicitor-general, and Mark Bolding, contra.

Opinion:
Pee Cubiam.
All of the Justices are of the opinion that a new trial is not required by any of the grounds of the motion other than those relating to the charges to the jury on the subject of voluntary and temporary drunkenness. As to these charges the court is evenly divided as to the sufficiency of the evidence to authorize the same. Eish, C. J., and Beck and Atkinson, JJ., are of the opinion that the evidence did not authorize the charges on that subject. Evans, P. J., and Hill and Gilbert, JJ., are of the contrary opinion. It follows that the judgment is affirmed by operation of law.