Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 3, 1923No. 14711Published

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.

1. The court did not err either in failing to give in charge to the jury the definition of circumstantial evidence, or in failing to instruct them as to “the force and effect of circumstantial evidence.” Moreover, “The ground of the motion for a new trial which complains of the failure of the court to instruct the jury upon the law of circumstantial evidence (ño request therefor having been made) is too defective to be considered, since it is not alleged therein that the conviction of the defendant depended entirely upon circumstantial evidence.” Dudley v. State, 28 Ga. App. 711 (4) (113 S.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dudley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922

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