Case Name: Morgan v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1899-03-14
Citations: 108 Ga. 748
Docket Number: 
Parties: Morgan v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 748–748

Head Matter:
Morgan v. The State.
Submitted February 20,
Decided March 14, 1899.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Sweat. Wayne superior court. November term, 1898.
J. W. Poppell, W. G. Brantley, Thomas & Thomas, Owens Johnson, and A. D. Gale, for plaintiff in error.
John W. Bennett, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
Under the evidence for the State the jury would have been authorized to find the accused guilty of murder. The evidence for the accused would have authorized his acquittal. Under no view of the case would a conviction for voluntary manslaughter be justified. It was there- ' fore error to charge the jury the law of voluntary manslaughter, and a verdict finding the accused guilty of that offense should have been set aside. The case should be tried again, and, if the evidence is substantially the same as at the previous trial, the accused should be either convicted of murder, or acquitted. Dyal v. State, 97 Ga. 428; Smith v. State, 108 Ga. 673. Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring.