Case Name: ROBINSON v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1906-02-15
Citations: 124 Ga. 787
Docket Number: 
Parties: ROBINSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 787–788

Head Matter:
ROBINSON v. THE STATE.
When on the trial of a murder ease tlie evidence of the State demands a verdict of murder, and there is no evidence introduced by the accused, but his statement, if credible, establishes a homicide- by misfortune or accident, a verdict of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act is unauthorized, and a new trial should be granted on the ground that the verdict is contrary to the evidence.
Submitted January 15,
Decided February 15, 1906.
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Littlejohn. Stewart superior court. November 15, 1905.
B. F. & G. 7. Harrell, for -plaintiff in error.
F. A. Hooper, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Cobb, P. J.
The accused was indicted for murder. The evidence in behalf of the State, if believed, established a 'clear case of murder. There was no evidence introduced in behalf of the accused, but he made a statement which, if credible, required a finding that the homicide was the result of misfortune or accident. Under such circumstances a verdict of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act is unwarranted by the evidence, and a new trial should have been granted .upon the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. Hunnicutt v. State, 114 Ga. 448. See also Kendrick v. State, 113 Ga. 759; Robinson. v. State, 109 Ga. 506; Watson v. State, 116 Ga. 607; Washington v. State, 36 Ga. 223; Clark v. State, 117 Ga. 254(6).
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.