Legal Opinion

Bryant v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 20, 1974No. 49168; 49169PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Stolz, Judge.

1. Inculpatory admissions as well as plenary confessions must be voluntary, and not induced by the slightest hope of benefit or the remotest fear of injury. Mill v. State, 3 Ga. App. 414 (60 SE 4); Johnson v. State, 1 Ga. App. 129 (57 SE 934).

In this case Bryant and Smallwood were separately indicted for a robbery which occurred on February 13, 1973, in Greene County, Georgia, and netted the defendants $87. The cases were tried together, at which trial there was evidence identifying Bryant as the woman driving the automobile and Smallwood as the person who entered and robbed the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  3. Mill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Crowder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. State v. LeveretteSupreme Court of Georgia · 2025
  3. Crowder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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