Case Name: THOMAS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1962-04-18
Citations: 105 Ga. App. 774
Docket Number: 39338
Parties: THOMAS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 774–775

Head Matter:
39338.
THOMAS v. THE STATE.

Opinion:
Frankum, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder under an indictment charging that he did ". . . with a certain automobile, the same being a weapon, likely to produce death, . . . unlawfully and with malice aforethought, make an assault upon one Wray King, and . . . did, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, drive at and towards said Wray King, with the intent, then and there, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, to kill and murder said Wray King. . ." The conviction of the defendant was not authorized by the evidence. Therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for a new trial.
Decided April 18, 1962.
Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error.
Walter C. McMillan, Jr., Solicitor-General, contra.
Judgment reversed.
Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.