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GETER v. STATE

22035.

219 Ga. 125 (1963)

132 S.E.2d 30

GETER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Hugh Leatherwood, Sr., for plaintiff in error.

Dan Winn, Solicitor General, Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.

QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. Where, as here, the evidence discloses that the defendant wilfully and wantonly violates statutes designed to insure the safety of the traveling public on the thorough-fares of the State and the natural and probable result of his conduct is to take human life, malice is implied, and if the infractions of the statutes cause the death of another the defendant may be found guilty of murder. Powell v. State, 193 Ga. 398 (1) (18 S.E.2d 678...

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