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NELSON v. STATE

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92 Ga. App. 738 (1955)

90 S.E.2d 38

NELSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. LeSeuer, H. B. Williams, for plaintiff in error.

Charles Burgamy, Solicitor-General, contra.

TOWNSEND, J.

1. To shoot at another within the terms of Code § 26-1702, implies an aim and an intent to hit such other person. Allen v. State, 28 Ga. 395 (3) (73 Am. D. 760). Where one shoots recklessly in the direction of other persons and one of them is thereby actually hit, it was held by a divided bench in Wilson v. State, 13 Ga.App. 660 (1) (79 S. E. 767) that a conviction of shooting at another would be authorized, and...

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