Legal Opinion

Lowther v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 19, 1916No. 7322PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Indictment for felony; from Liberty superior court — Judge Sheppard. November 19, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.

The plaintiff in error can not, by motion in arrest of judgment, raise for the first time the point that the sitting of the court at which he was tried and convicted was not during a legal term of the court; it appearing that he made a motion for new trial. Lowther v. State, 16 Ga. App. 289 (85 S. E. 208). If it was not a legal term of the court, he could and ought to have raised the point in the motion for a new trial. He is precluded as to all points that he could have made at the time of the hearing and overruling of his motion for new trial. Frank v. State, 142 Ga. 741 (2), 751 (83 S. E.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  2. Lowther v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. v. MarilCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918

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