Legal Opinion

Overcash v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1977No. 32391PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

James Edward Overcash was convicted of the armed robbery of Jay’s Jewelry Store in Lavonia, Georgia. The evidence was sufficient to show that he planned the crime along with two co-defendants, Hughes and Worley, who actually carried out the scheme. We affirm.

1. Overcash’s first enumeration of error raises the question whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when the state, while cross examining the defendant at trial, asked him: "And they told you that they wanted to talk to you and you told them, 'Well, I ain’t got nothin’ to say to my…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Holton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Kermit F. Holton v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  5. Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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