Case Name: Barfield v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1898-05-24
Citations: 105 Ga. 491
Docket Number: 
Parties: Barfield v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 491–491

Head Matter:
Barfield v. The State.
Argued May 2,
Decided May 24, 1898.
Indictment for assault and battery. Before Judge Little-john. Macon superior court. November term, 1897.
James M. DuPree, for. plaintiff in error.
Frank A. Hooper, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, P. J.
1. Failure by tbe judge on the trial of a criminal case to'allude in his charge to the statement of the accused will not require the granting of a new trial, when there was no request to charge upon this subject and the omission to do so resulted in no injury to the accused. Brassell v. State, 64 Ga. 318; Bray v. State, 69 Ga. 765; Seyden v. State, 78 Ga. 106; Underwood v. State, 88 Ga. 51. The case of Doster v. State, 93 Ga. 43, is in some respects not precisely applicable to the present case, but the opinion therein (pp. 44, 45) recognizes the correctness of what is above laid down.
2. The evidence warranted the verdict, and the record discloses no cause for granting a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.