BANKS v. STATE

47178.

127 Ga. App. 14 (1972)

192 S.E.2d 414

BANKS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Burl Davis, Jr., for appellant.

Stephen Pace, Jr., for appellee.


PANNELL, Judge.

1. If the evidence, or the defendant's statement, or portions of the evidence and portions of the statement combined, raise a doubt, however slight, as to whether the homicide is murder or voluntary manslaughter, the court should instruct the jury on the law of voluntary manslaughter. Campbell v. State, 204 Ga. 399, 401 (40 S.E.2d 867); Mincey v. State, 27 Ga.App. 4, 6 (107 SE 546); Tucker v. State, 61 Ga.App. 661 (7 S.E.2d 193...

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