Legal Opinion

Potter v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1951No. 33459PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, P. J.

1. “ ‘ “A conviction in a case of felony is sustainable upon the testimony of a single witness though an accomplice, when the same is corroborated by other testimony connecting the accused on trial with the perpetration of the crime and tending to show his participation therein” . . But “it is not required that this corroboration shall of itself be sufficient to warrant a verdict, or that the testimony of the accomplice be corroborated in every material particular. . . Slight evidence from an extraneous source identifying the accused as a participator in the criminal act will be sufficient…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Hargrove v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
  3. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  4. Whaley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  5. Callaway v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  2. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  3. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955

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