Wortham v. State

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• explaining that for a homicide to be justifiable, “[i]t must appear that the circumstances were such as to excite the fears of a reasonable man; and it must also further appear that he acted under those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge”
• explaining that for a homicide to be justifiable, “[i]t must appear that the circumstances were such as to excite the fears of a reasonable man; and it must also further appear that he acted under those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge”

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Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mann v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1906-02-15· cited 120×
• Dorsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1900-04-04· cited 14×
• TAMEKA PARKER v. UNITED STATES
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2017-03-16
• People v. Lyons
  New York Court of Appeals· 1888-06-15