BRELAND v. STATE

32619.

80 Ga. App. 575 (1949)

56 S.E.2d 921

BRELAND v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cowart & Cowart, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan Jr., Solicitor-General, contra.


GARDNER, J.

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder. The judge of the Superior Court of Chatham County tried the case without a jury. The contention here is that the evidence fails to show that the attack on the victim was made with intent to take human life. It is elementary that, in a charge of assault with intent to murder, the burden of proving that the attack was made with intent to kill is on the State. The only question here is whether...

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