“If from their own experience, jurors are aware of the extent and character of the disagreeable emotions that may result from the defendant’s conduct, then such is a matter of general knowledge.”
How later courts described this case
- “If from their own experience, jurors are aware of the extent and character of the disagreeable emotions that may result from the defendant’s conduct, then such is a matter of general knowledge.”
- threatening and abusive telephone calls regarding debt collection
- "Malice is defined as the intentional doing of a wrongful act without justification or excuse."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
REYNOLDS, J.,
dissents.
ORDER
Motion for rehearing granted. Opinion of September 23, 1975 withdrawn and superseded by opinion of December 16, 1975.