POWELL v. STATE

30190.

235 Ga. 208 (1975)

219 S.E.2d 109

POWELL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Ratcliffe, Jr., for appellant.

John W. Underwood, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


INGRAM, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced in the Superior Court of Bryan County to serve a life imprisonment term for this offense. This appeal enumerates three alleged errors: (1) the trial judge failed to charge the jury on the law of misfortune or accident, which was placed in issue under the appellant's unsworn statement at the trial; (2) the trial judge's charge on reasonable doubt and the burden...

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