Legal Opinion · Dissent

Propes v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 27, 1942No. 29656Published

1Dissent

Gardner, J.,

dissenting. 1. This court is required, under the law, to construe the evidence most strongly in favor of the verdict. Vandeviere v. State, 58 Ga. App. 18 (197 S. E. 338). In the light of the evidence of the instant case and the law applicable to it, I feel compelled to dissent. The mother, the father, the teachers, and the neighbors of the child alleged to have been assaulted, testified that her mentality ranged from that of an eight to a ten-year-old child. The mother and father testified that she received an injury to her head in infancy; that she could not cope with the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
  3. Vandeviere v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  4. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

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