WILLIAMS v. STATE

18348.

210 Ga. 207 (1953)

78 S.E.2d 521

WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 14, 1953.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter Goode, Ellis M. Creel, Goode & Creel, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, Carl B. Copeland, William E. Spence, Charlie O. Murphy, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. In Connell v. State, 153 Ga. 151 (111 S. E. 545), this court held that it was not error to charge as follows: "A reasonable doubt means exactly what it says — a doubt that is founded upon reason. A reasonable doubt may grow out of the evidence, or the want of evidence, or be engendered by the defendant's statement. While the law requires the State to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt, the law does not require the...

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