Legal Opinion
Parks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 14, 1956No. 19280PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
Charles Stephens, Ben McGuire, Johnny Carter, and Robert Parks were jointly tried for the offense of robbery by force. At the trial, each of the defendants testified under oath on behalf of the others. Parks was found guilty and was sentenced to serve from four to eight years in the penitentiary. His motion for new trial on the general grounds and seven special grounds was overruled, and he excepts to that judgment.
Special ground one excepts to the charge of the court on the defendant’s statement, upon the ground that the defendant made no statement not under oath. It is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Futch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Bradley v. State ex rel. Solicitor-GeneralSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- McCutcheon v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Fowler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- William Henry Hance v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Graves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Shields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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