Stubbs v. State

Thompson, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Stubbs v. State, 215 Ga. App. 873 (452 SE2d 571) (1994), to re-examine this issue: When is a trial court required to give a jury charge on circumstantial evidence in a criminal trial and what should the charge say? We reiterate our holding in previous cases: If the State’s case includes both direct and circumstantial evidence, the trial court must charge on the law of circumstantial evidence upon request; if the State’s case is composed solely of circumstantial evidence, the trial court must charge on the law of circumstantial…