WINFORD v. STATE

19735.

213 Ga. 396 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 120

WINFORD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Smith, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, Thomas R. Luck, Jr., Eugene L. Tiller, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

Under an indictment charging him with the killing of Ruby Nell Chapman by cutting, stabbing, and wounding her with a knife, the defendant was convicted of murder without a recommendation of mercy. His motion for new trial on the general grounds and eleven special grounds was denied, and he has excepted. Held:

1. Special grounds 4 and 13, which except to the failure to charge "the law of manslaughter" and "the law of involuntary manslaughter...

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