HORNE v. STATE

60324.

155 Ga. App. 851 (1980)

273 S.E.2d 193

HORNE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 8, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Calhoun, William O. Cox, for appellant.

Dupont K. Cheney, District Attorney, for appellee.


DEEN, Chief Judge.

Billy E. Horne was indicted for murder and after a trial before a jury was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in its definition of involuntary manslaughter because it did not define the underlying "unlawful act" and that it was error to give a charge on involuntary manslaughter because such a charge was not supported by the evidence.

A verbatim charge in the language of Code Ann...

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