Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 18, 1938No. 12248PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Justice.

The court did not err in overruling the demurrer to the indictment. Hall v. State, 133 Ga. 177 (65 S. E. 400); Green v. State, 172 Ga. 635 (2) (158 S. E. 285); Walker v. State, 141 Ga. 525 (81 S. E. 442); Waller v. State, 164 Ga. 128 (138 S. E. 67). The case differs on its facts from Walker v. State, 124 Ga. 440 (52 S. E. 738), in which the indictment did not allege the manner in which “the pieces of iron” were used, or that the nature of the instruments was unknown to the grand jurors. It is also different from Johnson v. State, 90 Ga. 441 (16 S. E. 92), in which there was no…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. Cole v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  4. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  5. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Whittington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  3. People v. GougasIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Anglin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. State v. WyattSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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