Case Name: Stephens v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-03-11
Citations: 139 Ga. 594
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stephens v. The State.
Judges: Beoh, J., absent. The other Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 594–594

Head Matter:
Stephens v. The State.
March 11, 1913.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Rawlings. Jefferson superior court. December 12, 1912.
John B. Cooper, for plaintiff in error.
Thomas 8. Felder, attorney-general, B. Lee Moore, solicitor-general, and Alfred Herrington, contra.

Opinion:
Ltjmpkin,'J.
1. Voluntary drunkenness furnishes no excuse for murder. Penal Code, § 39; Strickland v. State, 137 Ga. 115, 116 (72 S. E. 922).
2. Neither the evidence nor the statement of the accused involved the offense of manslaughter, and there was no error in refusing a request to charge on that subject.
3. Nor did they involve any question of defense of one's habitation against a forcible attack and invasion on his property or habitation by another, under the Penal Code, § 72.
4. Nothing in the evidence or statement authorized the submission of the question óf a necessity to slay the deceased as a protection against a trespasser', or the right to use necessary force to eject a trespasser without retreating.
5. The evidence supported the verdict, and there was no error in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Beoh, J., absent. The other Justices concur.