Legal Opinion
Lively v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1934No. 10079PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHutcheson, J.
Miley Lively was indicted for the murder of Bethey Kell. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to be electrocuted. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
Ground 1 of the amendment to the motion for new trial assigns error because the court allowed a witness, Lucile Barrett, to testify, she being of tender years. The assignment of error is, “Because the following material evidence was illegally admitted by the court to the jury, to wit:” and then follow several pages of questions by the court and answers by the witness, looking to the qualification of the witness to testify.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Allams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Hinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Dix v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Riggins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Grace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- McClendon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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