Case Name: Williams v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1945-04-19
Citations: 72 Ga. App. 432
Docket Number: 30801
Parties: Williams v. The State.
Judges: MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 432–432

Head Matter:
30801.
Williams v. The State.
Decided April 19, 1945.
Rehearing denied May 2, 1945.
R. I. Stephens and Lester F. Watson, for plaintiff in error.
W. W. Larsen, solicitor-general, F. L. Stephens, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The defendant was tried on. an indictment for murder and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Meld:
1. The evidence, direct and circumstantial, authorized the verdict.
2. It was not error to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter to the jury.
3. The evidence was not wholly circumstantial, and the court did not err in failing to charge the law of circumstantial evidence, in the absence of a request for such a charge.
Judgment affirmed.
MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.