McEvoy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

McEvoy v. State

51 S.E. 500, 123 Ga. 506, 1905 Ga. LEXIS 517

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedJuly 17, 1905

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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McEvoy v. State, 51 S.E. 500, 123 Ga. 506, 1905 Ga. LEXIS 517 (Ga. 1905).

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Opinion

Cobb, J.

1. “Unless there be great superiority in physical strength of an assailant who strikes another a blow with his fist, or ill health in the assailed at the time, or other circumstances producing relatively great inequality between them in combat, the assailed can not justifiably resent the blow by stabbing the assailant.” Morgan v. State, 119 Ga. 566 (3), and cit.

2. Considered as a whole, the charge was as favorable to the accused as he had any right, under the facts of the case, to demand. The evidence fully warranted, even if it did not demand, the verdict; and no reason appears for reversing the judgment.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Simmons, C. J., absent.

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