DAVIDSON v. STATE

17756.

208 Ga. 834 (1952)

69 S.E.2d 757

DAVIDSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 10, 1952.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Weldon, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Hugh C. Carney, Assistant Attorney-General, Wright Lipford, Solicitor-General, and Wyatt, Morgan & Sumner, contra.


WYATT, Justice.

1. It appears from the foregoing statement of facts that there is no merit in the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. Special grounds 1 and 2 complain because the judge failed to give to the jury in his charge the law of voluntary manslaughter as related to the doctrine of mutual combat. As will appear from the statement of facts in this case, if the contention of the State is true, the defendant was guilty of murder. If the contention...

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