JOYNER v. STATE

19232.

212 Ga. 269 (1956)

91 S.E.2d 607

JOYNER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 15, 1956.

Rehearing Denied February 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Kravitch, John J. Sullivan, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor-General, Sylvan G. Garfunkel, Assistant Solicitor-General, Thomas M. Johnson, Assistant Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict, and the court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. The 1st ground of the amended motion for new trial asserts that the trial court erred in failing to charge the law of voluntary manslaughter as it relates to mutual combat. It is stated that the defendant requested the court to charge this principle, but...

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