Georgia Court of Appeals, 1928

Anderson v. State

Anderson v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 11, 1928 · Broyles
39 Ga. App. 20; 145 S.E. 901; 1928 Ga. App. LEXIS 476

Anderson v. State

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. The ground of the motion for a new trial complaining of the rejection of certain evidence is without merit, since the identical evidence is included in the brief of evidence transmtted to this court.

2. Under the evidence adduced and the defendant’s statement at the trial, there were legally possible only three verdicts, to wit, guilty of an assault with intent to murder, guilty of unlawfully shooting at another, *21or an acquittal. Therefore the court did not err in failing to instruct the jury upon the law of assault and battery, or upon “the grade of simple assault,” as complained of in the motion for a new trial.

Decided December 11, 1928. J. B. Wall, D. E. Griffin, for plaintiff in.error. T. Hoyt Davis, solicitor-general, contra.

3. The remaining special grounds of the motion for a new trial are without merit.

4. The evidence amply authorized the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.

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