Holland v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Holland v. State

13 S.E.2d 347, 191 Ga. 608, 1941 Ga. LEXIS 330

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedFebruary 14, 1941

Docket13530.

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Holland v. State, 13 S.E.2d 347, 191 Ga. 608, 1941 Ga. LEXIS 330 (Ga. 1941).

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Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. A ground oí a motion for new trial, that “The court (without any request) failed to charge on the law of voluntary and/or involuntary manslaughter,” is too vague and indefinite to present any question for determination by this court. Smith v. State, 125 Ga. 300 (54 S. E. 124) ; Spence v. Morrow, 128 Ga. 722 (58 S. E. 356); Drane v. State, 147 Ga. 212 (93 S. E. 217) ; Wilson v. State, 156 Ga. 42 (118 S. E. 427) ; Burley v. State, 158 Ga. 849 (3) (124 S. E. 532); Harris v. State, 178 Ga. 746 (3) (174 S. E. 240); Parham v. State, 180 Ga. 233 (2) (178 S. E. 648) ; Bryant v. State, 180 Ga. 238 (178 S. E. 651).

2. It was not error to charge the jury that voluntary dnmkenness is no excuse in law for a crime committed by a person so affected. Haden v. State, 176 Ga. 304 (168 S. E. 272) ; Overby v. State, 183 Ga. 353 (188 S. E. 520) ; Allen v. State, 187 Ga. 178 (200 S. E. 109).

*609 No. 13530. February 14, 1941. Eldon Haldane and Boland Melody, for plaintiff in error. Ellis G. Arnall, attorney-general, -John A. Boykin, solicitor-general, Quincy O. Arnold, J. W. LeOraw, Duke Davis and E. J. Glower, assistant attorneys-general, contra.

3. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict; and the same having received the approval of the trial judge, his judgment refusing a new trial will be affirmed. ,Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. A ground oí a motion for new trial, that “The court (without any request) failed to charge on the law of voluntary and/or involuntary manslaughter,” is too vague and indefinite to present any question for determination by this court. Smith v. State, 125 Ga. 300 (54 S. E. 124) ; Spence v. Morrow, 128 Ga. 722 (58 S. E. 356); Drane v. State, 147 Ga. 212 (93 S. E. 217) ; Wilson v. State, 156 Ga. 42 (118 S. E. 427) ; Burley v. State, 158 Ga. 849 (3) (124 S. E. 532); Harris v. State, 178 Ga. 746 (3) (174 S. E. 240); Parham v. State, 180 Ga. 233 (2) (178 S. E. 648) ; Bryant v. State, 180 Ga. 238 (178 S. E. 651).

2. It was not error to charge the jury that voluntary dnmkenness is no excuse in law for a crime committed by a person so affected. Haden v. State, 176 Ga. 304 (168 S. E. 272) ; Overby v. State, 183 Ga. 353 (188 S. E. 520) ; Allen v. State, 187 Ga. 178 (200 S. E. 109).

*609 No. 13530. February 14, 1941. Eldon Haldane and Boland Melody, for plaintiff in error. Ellis G. Arnall, attorney-general, -John A. Boykin, solicitor-general, Quincy O. Arnold, J. W. LeOraw, Duke Davis and E. J. Glower, assistant attorneys-general, contra.

3. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict; and the same having received the approval of the trial judge, his judgment refusing a new trial will be affirmed. ,Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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