Legal Opinion

Floyd v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 9, 1915PublishedCited by 70 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Walker. Jenkins superior court. October 24, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

1. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the murder of Berta Perdue, in the superior court of Jenkins county. In his writ of error complaint is made that various steps in the trial were illegal, because it was conducted by the solicitor-general of the Middle circuit, after the passage of the act transferring Jenkins county from the Middle to the Augusta circuit. The various demurrers, motions, and pleas of the plaintiff in error on this subject are substantially the same as were made in the case of Godbee v. State, 141 Ga. 515 (81 S. E. 876), and are controlled by the rulings made in that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Broznack v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  2. State v. ArmstrongWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Godbee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Thacker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Lewis v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Shy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Ruffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979

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