Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 5, 1944No. 14727PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict.

2. The assignment of error under the first special ground of the motion for new trial presents no question for consideration, since it does not specify plainly the decision complained of and the alleged error as required by the Code, § 6-901.

3. The court did not err in defining direct evidence along with the definition of circumstantial evidence.

4. Where the court fully defined the law of circumstantial evidence and of direct evidence, it was not error to charge: "Under the law circumstantial evidence authorizes a conviction just as much…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Wilburn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Spence v. MorrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  4. Cornelious v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  5. McElwaney v. MacDiarmidSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. DennisOregon Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Smithwick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  3. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  4. Ehrlich v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959

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