SAYLOR v. STATE

36213.

93 Ga. App. 895 (1956)

93 S.E.2d 196

SAYLOR v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Johnson & Williams, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, Jephtha C. Tanksley, Charlie O. Murphy, contra.


TOWNSEND, J.

1. Special ground 1 of the amended motion for a new trial assigns error on the following charge of the court: "Under our law everyone has a right to defend himself. The standard of the law is the fear of a reasonable man. Therefore, if one should shoot another with a pistol under circumstances which would justify a reasonable man in believing that a felonious assault was being or about to be committed upon his person, and that the defendant acted under...

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