Legal Opinion

Sosebee v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 5, 1980No. 60612PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of the offense of burglary. We affirm.

Appellant’s sole enumeration of error is on the general grounds. Specifically, appellant submits that his conviction was impermissibly premised solely upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. We disagree.

At trial the state presented evidence to show that the witness Jasper Johnson (who defendant claims was an accomplice) was not an accomplice to the crime of burglary, but rather an unwilling “dupe” of the defendant; that Johnson was unaware of defendant’s unlawful activities; and that he had no…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Maddox v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  2. Solomon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022

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