Lester v. State
Lester v. State
125 Ga. 747; 54 S.E. 749; 1906 Ga. LEXIS 258
Lester v. State
Opinion of the Court
The evidence for the State authorized a verdict for murder. The accused introduced no evidence, but his statement,, if credible, authorized an acquittal. There was no view of the evidence or statement of the accused under which a verdict for voluntary manslaughter could be legally rendered. A new trial should have been granted upon the ground that the verdict finding the accused guilty of voluntary-manslaughter was contrary to the evidence. Herrington v. State, ante, 745, and cit.
Judgment reversed.
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