Parker v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) There can be no conviction of felony on testimony of an accomplice, unless the accomplice’s testimony is corroborated by other evidence connecting the defendant with the crime and tending to show his participation therein which would lead to an inference of the guilt of the accused independently of the accomplice’s testimony. Welborn v. State, 25 Ga. App. 327 (103 S. E. 193) ; Stephens v. State, 56 Ga. App. 9 (192 S. E. 78). The corroboration may be by circumstantial evidence, and it need not conclusively. raise an inference of the guilt of the accused if…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Whaley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Harrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Anglin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
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