Legal Opinion

Tremble v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 13, 1919No. 10502PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Indictment for burglary; from Butts superior court—Judge Searcy. April 1, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.

1. Plaintiff in error was convicted of burglary. 'In White v. State, 51 Ga. 285, the headnote is as follows: “If one enter a house with intent to commit a felony, but the entering is through an open door without any breaking, actual or constructive, the offense is not burglary; nor, under our Code, § 4386 [§ 146 of the Penal Code of 1910], is it a sufficient ‘breaking and entering into,’ that having entered with intent to commit a felony, he unbolts a door to get out.” The prosecutor in the instant case swore: “Some one went in my store when I was gone to supper; they went in through the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gregg v. City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  3. Elder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  4. Stkickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mosley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  2. Moseley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  3. Cole v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1970

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