Court Opinion

ID: 9851432
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:12:37.048285+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:20:55.802302
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Hawkins, Justice,
dissenting. I dissent from the judgment of reversal in this case for the reason that, even if the evidence objected to was inadmissible for the reasons stated in the second division of the opinion, its admission was not harmful to the accused in view of the fact that, under his own statement, the gunshot wound which resulted in the death of the deceased was inflicted by a shotgun held by the defendant. Under this statement of the defendant, the deceased was shot by him. Whether it was intentionally done was the question to be determined by the jury, and the statement of the witness objected to was not the expression of an opinion upon this issue.
I am authorized to say that Mr. Chief Justice Duckworth and Mr. Justice Candler concur in this dissent.