Adkins v. State

Jenkins, Justice.

1. A person jointly indicted with others for the crime of murder, even though the indictment charges him with being an actual perpetrator of the crime as a principal in the first degree, may be convicted, not only upon evidence showing this, but upon evidence showing either that he was actually or constructively present, “aiding and abetting the act to be done,” as a principal in the second degree, or that he had agreed or conspired with the others to commit the homicide or a crime of which it was a natural result or accompaniment. Code, § 26-501; Bradley v. State, 128 Ga. 20…