TODD v. STATE

57274.

149 Ga. App. 574 (1979)

254 S.E.2d 894

TODD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy L. Spruell, R. Allen Hunt, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

We affirm the appellant's conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Appellant alleged that the trial court erred in denying her motion for a new trial on the general grounds, in failing to charge on the use of force in defense of habitation, and in failing to charge that misfortune or accident is not a crime.

1. The proper standard to be used by this court in reviewing the overruling of a motion for a new trial on the general grounds is the "any...

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