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COLEMAN v. STATE

17637.

208 Ga. 511 (1951)

67 S.E.2d 578

COLEMAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 14, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. B. Cowart, for plaintiff in error.

W. Glenn Thomas, Solicitor-General, contra.

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. Since there was evidence to the effect that the killing charged in the indictment was accidental, the court should have charged, without request, the law relating to misfortune or accident as stated in Code § 26-404. Failure to so charge was, as contended in special ground eight of the amended motion for new trial, error requiring a reversal. Jordan v. State, 154 Ga. 390 (114 S. E. 349); Batchelor v. State...

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