123 Ga. App. 18 - Tate v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[I]f the defendant did not actually intend to kill his wife, as disclosed by his unsworn statement, he nevertheless committed an aggravated assault ... under Code Ann. § 26-1302, unless he acted in self-defense, in which event his act would show no offense. Thus he was not engaged in the commission of an unlawful act other than a felony, which is the felony offense of involuntary manslaughter (Code Ann. § 26-1103 (a)), and he was not engaged in the commission of a lawful act in an unlawful manner, which is the misdemeanor offense of involuntary manslaughter (Code Ann. § 26-1103 (b)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 Ga. App. 814 - Simpson v. State · 143 Ga. App. 734 - Jackson v. State