Legal Opinion

Tucker v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 11, 1952No. 34055Published

1Opinion of the CourtCarlisle, J.

By the act of 1911 (Ga. L. 1911, p. 149; Code § 6-1609), “No judgment of a trial court in a criminal case shall be reversed by either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals for lack of proof of venue, . . save where the particular point has been specifically raised by a ground of the original or amended motion for a new trial”; and, while this section has been held inapplicable to a case where the evidence clearly shows the venue of the offense to be in a county other than that of the prosecution (York v. State, 52 Ga. App. 11, 181 S. E. *284870), where, in a motion for a new trial, based…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Palmer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  3. Prather v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
  4. York v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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