151 Ga. App. 36 - Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 1988
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Stonaker · Chandle v. State · Moon v. State · Coats v. State · 131 Ga. App. 247 - State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Holton
Most-quoted passages
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“admitted that she shot the victim. This, of course, raises a presumption that she intended to kill him. [Cits.] A charge on involuntary manslaughter is not warranted where the evidence establishes without conflict that the killing was intentional rather than unintentional. [Cits.] The facts in the instant case provide no evidentiary basis for a charge on involuntary manslaughter.” (Emphasis supplied.) In the instant case the defendant told the police the night of the incident and the court during the trial:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Spradlin v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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