Legal Opinion

Domingo v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 9, 1956No. 19281PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Headnotes 1, 2, 3, and 6 require no elaboration. In the following divisions of the opinion we will discuss the questions ruled on in headnotes 4 and ,5.

Flight is a circumstance from which the jury may infer guilt. Smith v. State, 63 Ga. 168; Sewell v. State, 76 Ga. 836; Hudson v. State, 101 Ga. 520 (28 S. E. 1010); Barnett v. State, 136 Ga. 65 (70 S. E. 868); Kettles v. State, 145 Ga. 6 (88 S. E. 197). “Whether a given fact is evidence or not is for the court, but whether it is slight, or what weight it should have, is for the jury.” Smith v. State, 63 Ga. 168 (18)…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Aycock v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Smith v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  3. Barnett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Hudson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  5. Sewell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  2. Hilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Domingo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  4. Morse v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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