Legal Opinion

Coggins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 16, 1930No. 20602PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

The defendant was convicted of making intoxicating liquor, and he excepts to the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

*660The evidence shows presence and flight, 'and that the defendant had some kind of vessel in his hand. In the case of Griffin v. State, 2 Ga. App. 534 (2) (58 S. E. 781), it was held that “neither presence nor flight, nor both together, without more, is conclusive of guilt;” and that case is cited approvingly in the two cases next herein referred to, where the offense charged was that of making intoxicating liquor. In Burchfield v. State, 40 Ga. App. 506 (150 S. E. 459), the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Riley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Burchfield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  5. Griggs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Towler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931

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