Legal Opinion

Crowe v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 15, 1951No. 33416PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The general grounds devolve upon the question of what credence, if any, is to be placed on the testimony of the alleged accomplices, together with what corroboration, if any, exists as to facts testified to by them.

Code § 38-1806 states as follows: “When a witness shall be successfully contradicted as to a material matter, his credit as to other matters shall be for the jury, but if a witness shall swear wilfully and knowingly falsely, his testimony shall be disregarded entirely, unless corroborated by circumstances or other unimpeached evidence. The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  2. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  3. Rice v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  4. Dean v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  2. Millwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  3. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  4. McPherson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
  5. Carter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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