Woodham v. State

Full title: WOODHAM v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: May 23, 1967

156 S.E.2d 129 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)

115 Ga. App. 773

Opinion

42707.

ARGUED APRIL 4, 1967.

DECIDED MAY 23, 1967.

Voluntary manslaughter. Cobb Superior Court. Before Judge Ingram.

Henritze, Baker Bailey, Walter M. Henritze, Jr., for appellant.

Ben F. Smith, Solicitor General, for appellee.

BELL, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, appealing his conviction and sentence for voluntary manslaughter, rests his case on the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. The defendant's testimony alone, he having elected to be sworn as a witness, was enough to authorize the verdict. In addition, the testimony of other witnesses bearing on the element of the defendant's intent and other facts surrounding the commission of the offense cumulatively supported the verdict. See Rawls v. State, 52 Ga. App. 107 ( 182 S.E. 424); Giles v. State, 126 Ga. 549 ( 55 S.E. 405); Hollis v. State, 97 Ga. App. 145 (6) ( 102 S.E.2d 610); Kincade v. State, 14 Ga. App. 544 (2) ( 81 S.E. 910); Green v. State, 78 Ga. App. 467 (2) ( 51 S.E.2d 458); Townsend v. State, 154 Ga. 500 ( 114 S.E. 642); Goldsmith v. State, 54 Ga. App. 268 ( 187 S.E. 694).

Judgment affirmed. Jordan and Pannell, JJ., concur.

ARGUED APRIL 4, 1967 — DECIDED MAY 23, 1967.