Screws v. State

1. “Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court and of this court, the failure of the judge to charge the law of confessions is not error, in the absence of a timely and appropriate written request.” Keen v. State, 43 Ga. App. 331 (2) (158 S. E. 611).

2. “It is well settled, by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court that evidence of a confession freely and voluntarily made by the defendant is direct evidence of the highest character, and, when corroborated by proof of the corpus delicti, is sufficient to authorize his conviction.” Berry v. State, 48 Ga. App. 303 (172 S. E.…