Legal Opinion

Scoggins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1920No. 11146PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Application for change of venne; from Bibb superior court— Judge Graham presiding. November 28, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

This was a motion to change the venue of a case where the defendant was charge with murder. The motion was denied, and the defendant sued out a bill of exceptions to the Supreme Court; the judge, in his certificate thereto, directed that the case be sent to that court, but the clerk of the trial court transmitted it to this court, and the plaintiff in error now moves that the case be transferred to the Supreme Court. No constitutional question was raised in the trial court.

1,3. The law, and not the certificate of the trial judge to the bill of exceptions, determines at which term a case shall…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Anderson v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Wilburn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  3. Kirkland v. Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  4. Bailey & Carney Buggy Co. v. GuthrieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  5. Gordon v. GordonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. State v. WestSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  3. Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  4. Andrews v. Mayor of SavannahCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
  5. Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932

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