Almand v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Cobb. Walton superior court. December 13, 1918. The plaintiff in error was convicted of murder, with a recommendation that he be punished by imprisonment for life. He excepted to the refusal of a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. The court instructed the jury in accordance with the Penal Code, § 1017, to the effect that the testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact, but that one exception to the rule is that in a case of felony, where the only witness is an accomplice, there must be another witness than the accomplice, or corroborating circumstances may dispense with another witness; and further: “The corroborating circumstances, which will dispense with another witness in a felony case, where the only witness is an accomplice, must be of that character of corroboration which is not…
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