Legal Opinion
Rivers v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 2, 1933No. 22622PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
The indictment in this case contained two counts: 1st, robbery by force and intimidation, and, 2d, robbery by sudden snatching. The jury returned a general verdict of guilty.' A motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
The indictment charged the commission of the same felony in three ways. Pride v. State, 125 Ga. 748 (54 S. E. 686). If the proof showed that in any one of the three ways the defendant committed the crime charged, a general verdict of guilty is good. However, when the crime charged has two grades, a general verdict of guilty will be construed as finding…
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- Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
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