Case Name: Dickerson v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-12-09
Citations: 121 Ga. 333
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dickerson v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
Dickerson v. The State.
Submitted October 19, —
Decided December 9, 1904.
Conviction of involuntary manslaughter. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. June 23, 1904.
Twiggs & Oliver, James F. Evans, and Edmund U. Abrahams,
for plaintiff in error. W. W. Osborne, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Pish, P. J.
On the trial of one indicted for murder, the legal effect of a verdict of "guilty of involuntary manslaughter" was to find the accused guilty of the highest grade of the last-named offense, viz,, involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. Thomas v. State, this day decided. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.