SHARPE v. STATE

34869.

88 Ga. App. 876 (1953)

78 S.E.2d 534

SHARPE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wade Johnson, Jr., Jackson & Graham, for plaintiff in error.

Roger H. Lawson, Solicitor-General, contra.


TOWNSEND, J.

1. In the first special ground of the amended motion for new trial, error is assigned on the charge of the court as follows: "In determining intent, differences in racial and social standings and customs may be considered." This portion of the charge is taken in essence, if not verbatim, from a charge in Jackson v. State, 91 Ga. 322 (2) (18 S. E. 132, 44 A.L.R. 25), on a trial involving a like offense. The language used by the court in that...

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