Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 5, 1937No. 26207PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGuekby, J.

1. Where two or more persons, by agreement express or implied, confederate themselves together to assault any person who may get in their path, and do actually arm themselves with knives and icepicks and make an assault upon another, the act of one constitutes the a'ct of the other; and it is not material that the person assaulted is unable to state positively which of the defendants stabbed or. cut him. Horton v. State, 66 Ga. 690; Handley v. State, 115 Ga. 584 (41 S. E. 992); Kirksey v. State, 11 Ga. App. 142 (2) (74 S. E. 902).

2. Such an agreement or conspiracy may be shown by…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Cawthon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. McLeroy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Handley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  5. Horton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Barber v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1957
  2. Sloan v. GlazeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
  3. Ballenger v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  5. Morgan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939

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