Legal Opinion

Dixon v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 8, 1902PublishedCited by 80 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Roberts. Johnson superior court. June 17, 1902.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.

Mrs. Sarah E. Dixon and Jerry Walden were jointly indicted for the murder of the husband of the former. Walden is now serving a life sentence based upon a verdict of guilty returned against him. Mrs. Dixon was convicted, and a like sentence was imposed upon her. This court granted her a new trial (see 113 Ga. 1039), and she was a second time found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for life. She is again before this court, alleging that the trial court erred in overruling a motion for a new trial made by her after thelast conviction. This motion embraced the general and a number of special…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dixon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Weaver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Hargrove v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  4. Grant v. HartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  5. Carpenter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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