Legal Opinion

Stevens v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1910No. 2759PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Indictment ior manslaughter; from Worth superior court— Judge Park. June 15, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.

1. After instructing the jury that it was their duty to reconcile the evidence of the different witnesses, if it "could be done without imputing perjury to any, the court charged that “when witnesses - agree as to important facts testified to, slight discrepancies as to the collateral attendant facts afford no ground to discredit either of them.” Held: This was not an intimation of an opinion by the court that-any discrepancies existed, or that the discrepancies, if any, were slight, and therefore not sufficient to discredit.

2. After instructing the jury in the language of the statute, that…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Daniels v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  2. Bolton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923

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