Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 14, 1938No. 12111PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Justice.

Louis Evans was convicted of the offense of rape. His motion for new trial was overruled, and. he excepted. The motion contained the general grounds and two special grounds added by amendment.

It is contended that the court erred in allowing the female alleged to have been raped to testify, “I kept thinking some one would come along and I could hollo to them,” over the following objection: “conclusion, irrelevant, what she thought, inadmissible.” It appears from the record that the witness had testified that the offense occurred in a wooded section into which the defendant had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Watson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  4. Huey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  5. Green v. LingoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Holley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. Driver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  3. Hodnett v. HodnettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  4. Hodnett v. HodnettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959

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