JENKINS v. STATE

34170.

86 Ga. App. 800 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 541

JENKINS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 23, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Godfrey, Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error.

W. H. Lanier, Solicitor-General, E. T. Averett, contra.


CARLISLE, J.

The defendant, Talmadge Jenkins, was indicted for the murder of Charles Hannah. Upon his trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve from fifteen to twenty years in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial, based upon the usual general grounds and six special grounds, was overruled and he excepted.

The indictment charged that the defendant committed the murder by hitting and beating Charles Hannah with "a certain...

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