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Buttram v. State

Citations

  • 631 S.E.2d 642
  • 280 Ga. 595
  • 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 1849
  • 2006 Ga. LEXIS 405

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • \It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.\
  • “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
  • “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
  • “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
  • The court’s final instructions to the jury included that no ruling or comment the court had made was “intended to express any opinion upon the facts of the case, upon the credibility of the witnesses, upon the evidence, or upon the guilt or innocence of the defendants.”

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Judges: Melton

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