Legal Opinion
Saxe v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 30, 1965No. 41615PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pannell, Judge.
1. That the chief witness for the State had been adjudicated insane in another State prior to the commission of the offense charged and testified about does not *805have the effect of denying probative value to the testimony of such witness. Such a person is not incompetent to testify (Code § 38-1603) and the proof of the commitment for insanity goes to the credit of the witness only. Cuesta v. Goldsmith, 1 Ga. App. 48 (3) (57 SE 983).
2. A contention by the defendant that the chief witness for the State had been adjudicated insane sometime previous to the trial and the offense…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cuesta v. GoldsmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Waycaster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Royal Crown Bottling Co. v. BellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- McClain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001