Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 8, 1903PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Accusation of misdemeanor. Before Judge Sparks. City court of Brunswick. October 17, 1903.

1Opinion of the CourtPish, P. J.

1. Where upon the trial of one charged with larceny from the house the evidence makes out a case of burglary including larceny from the house, the accused may be legally convicted of the last-named offense. Barlow v. State, 77 Ga. 448.

2. “ There is nothing in the constitution of this State or of the United States which guarantees to a person charged with a misdemeanor the right to demand an indictment by the grand jury.” Daughtry v. State, 115 Ga. 819, and cases cited; Mackin v. United States, 117 U. S. 348-354.

3. There was no merit in a ground of a motion for a new trial which complained…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. MacKin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. ChurchillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  3. Barlow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  4. Daughtry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bridger v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Lockhart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  3. Autrey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Butts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
  5. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914

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