Stanford v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Summerall. Bacon superior court. October 6, 1921. J. E. Dedge, Floyd Dedge, and D. Stanford were jointly indicted for tbe murder, on July 10, 1920, of C. J. Meddows, in the county of Bacon. The defendants were tried separately; and Stanford was found guilty, with a recommendation. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he assigns error on that judgment.
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Indictment for murder. Before Judge Summerall. Bacon superior court. October 6, 1921. J. E. Dedge, Floyd Dedge, and D. Stanford were jointly indicted for tbe murder, on July 10, 1920, of C. J. Meddows, in the county of Bacon. The defendants were tried separately; and Stanford was found guilty, with a recommendation. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he assigns error on that judgment. The evidence for the State was as follows: C. J. Meddows, the .deceased, between nine and ten o’clock at night on July 10, 1920, was shot in the back in front of his place of business in Alma, there…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The defendant complains that the court erred in permitting Mrs. Emma Meddows to testify, over his objection that this evidence was a mere opinion of the witness and irrelevant, as follows: “I just knew that Stanford got wrought up about it,” referring to the foreclosure of a lien by the deceased against the defendant. This evidence was properly admitted for the purpose of showing motive. Boone v. State, 145 Ga. 37 (88 S. E. 558). It was not subject to the objection that it was a mere opinion or conclusion of the witness. That the defendant was wrought up…
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