Legal Opinion

Shi v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 9, 1936No. 25353PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. It is well settled by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court that the venue of a criminal case may be established by circumstantial evidence. In this case the evidence, direct and, circumstantial, authorized a finding that the offense charged was committed in Pulton County, Georgia.

2. Since in misdemeanors all persons who aid and abet, another in the commission of the offense are guilty as principals, the circumstantial evidence in the instant case was sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the defendant’s guilt, under both counts of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cutcliff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  2. Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  3. Thweatt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945

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