Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 2, 1974No. 49051PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Clark, Judge.

This appeal is by a defendant from a burglary conviction in which defendant was one of three co-defendants. Appellant was tried separately from his co-indictees. His appeal is from the overruling of a new trial motion as amended. The enumerations of error are based upon the general grounds and several special grounds with which we will deal in the opinion.

1. The general grounds have no merit. The jury chose to believe the witnesses presented by the state and placed no credibility in the explanation given by defendant. As was said in Mitchem v. State, 53 Ga. App. 280, 281 (185 SE…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. McNeal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  2. Perdue v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
  4. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Aiken v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Waters v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  2. Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. Freeman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. Foster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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