Supreme Court of Georgia, 1904

Dickerson v. State

Dickerson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided December 9, 1904 · Pish
121 Ga. 333; 49 S.E. 275; 1904 Ga. LEXIS 138

Dickerson v. State

Opinion of the Court

Pish, P. J.

On the trial of one indicted for murder, the legal effect of a verdict of “guilty of involuntary manslaughter” was to find the accused guilty of the highest grade of the last-named offense, viz,, involuntary manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful act. Thomas v. State, this day decided. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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