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134 Ga. 785

Gadsden v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 13, 1910

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1910-07-13

<p>Indictment for murder. Before Judge Charlton. Chatham superior court.</p>

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Decided 1910-07-13

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Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently September 1972

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Lumpkin, J.

¶11. Where the evidence as a whole presented not only the theories of murder, or accidental killing with no evil design or intention or culpable neglect, but also of involuntary manslaughter in the commission of a lawful act without due caution and circumspection, it was error to charge the jury that involuntary manslaughter had nothing to do with the case, and to confine their consideration to the first two theories.

¶22. If an involuntary killing happens in the commission of an unlawful act which, in its consequences, naturally tends to destroy the life of a human being, the offense is murder. Penal Code, § 67.

¶3Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.
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