Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1934No. 10090PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHutcheson, J.

1. There being testimony which would authorize the conviction of the defendant of the offense of murder, it was not error for the court to give in charge Penal Code (1910), §§ 61, 62, defining express and implied malice.

2. “There being some direct evidence on all the essential elements of the crime charged, the failure of the court to charge the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence does not furnish cause for a new trial. Wilson v. State, 152 Ga. 337 (110 S. E. 8).” Long v. State, 175 Ga. 274 (165 S. E. 75).

3. It has been held that “a ground of a motion for new trial that ‘the court…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Drane v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  5. Long v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. McGruder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  2. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  3. Cornelious v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  4. Weaver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  5. Norris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937

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