Georgia Court of Appeals, 1962

Thomas v. State

Thomas v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided April 18, 1962 · Frankum
105 Ga. App. 774; 125 S.E.2d 570; 1962 Ga. App. LEXIS 1035

Thomas v. State

Opinion of the Court

Frankum, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder under an indictment charging that he did “. . . with a certain automobile, the same being a weapon, likely to produce death, . . . unlawfully and with malice aforethought, make an assault upon one Wray King, and . . . did, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, *775drive at and towards said Wray King, with the intent, then and there, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, to kill and murder said Wray King. . .” The conviction of the defendant was not authorized by the evidence. Therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for a new trial.

Decided April 18, 1962. Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error. Walter C. McMillan, Jr., Solicitor-General, contra.

Judgment reversed.

Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.

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