Supreme Court of Georgia, 1937

Odum v. State

Odum v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided June 18, 1937 · Jenkins
184 Ga. 528; 191 S.E. 913; 1937 Ga. LEXIS 555

Odum v. State

Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

Under the evidence as adduced upon the trial, the law of voluntary manslaughter was involved, and the judge erred in omitting to instruct the jury thereon. Eor this reason a new trial should have been granted. Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. George H. Perry, for plaintiff in error. M. J. Yeomans, attorney-general, B. A. Patterson, solicitor-general, Hooper & Hooper, E. J. Glower, and Ellis G. Arnall, contra.

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