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SMITH v. STATE

28797.

232 Ga. 371 (1974)

207 S.E.2d 13

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 12, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Smith, Alfred L. Allgood, Douglas E. Smith, for appellant.

Jeff C. Wayne, District Attorney, Roland H. Stroberg, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John B. Ballard, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

Defendant appeals from his conviction for murder.

1. He enumerates as error the failure to give his requested charge on the defense of insanity, and the court's actual charge on this defense. We disagree. Failure to charge in the exact language requested, where the charge given substantially covers the same principle, is not a ground for a new trial. Jackson v. Miles, 126 Ga...

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