Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1947No. 15675PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wtatt, Justice.

1. The evidence amply authorized the verdict, and the general grounds of the motion for new trial are without merit.

2. The charge of the court fully covered the law of principal in the first and second degree. For this reason the court did not err in failing to give in charge the written request on this subject; moreover, the request did not state a correct principle of law and was ambiguous, one sentence of the request reading as follows: “In order to convict one as principal in the second degree it is necessary to prove to your satisfaction and beyond a reasonable doubt the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mars v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  2. Felder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  4. Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Emmett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Vun Cannon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  3. Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

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