Legal Opinion

Campbell v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 10, 1915PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Cox. Mitchell superior court. April 2é, 1915.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

The headnotes sufficiently show the points decided, and, with one exception, require no elaboration. That exception is the ruling as to the sustaining of the challenge to the juror. It was held in Dumas v. State, 62 Ga. 58, that where a county commissioner took part officially in promoting a prosecution, by voting county funds to pay a reward for the prisoner’s apprehension, by aiding to employ counsel to prosecute, and by aiding' in the preparation of the case, which was tried under a special presentment of the grand, jury, he should be considered as a voluntary prosecutor, and that his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dumas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  2. Lyens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  3. Atkinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  3. Kryder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  4. Hill v. Chattanooga Railway & Light Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  5. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942

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