Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 20, 1905PublishedCited by 56 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Bartlett. Polk superior court. July 3, 1905. •

1Opinion of the Court

BeoKj J.

The plaintiff in error, Clem Gfreen, alias Clem Nuniee, was convicted of the offense of murder. She made a motion for a new trial, based upon the general grounds, and by amendment added substantially the following: 1st. That the court erred' in *345admitting to the jury evidence of the defendant’s statement before -the coroner’s jury, in which the defendant admitted shooting the ■deceased but contended that she did it because he broke into her house and was advancing on her with a ra^or. The defendant objected to the admission of this evidence, on the ground that the law requires the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Woolfolk v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  2. Hudgins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  4. Clarke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866

3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Mann v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Eagan v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Wilburn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. State v. McClurgIdaho Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

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