Legal Opinion

Rhodes v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 16, 1938No. 12359Published

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

1. The circumstantial and other evidence for the State as to a confession by the defendant after the homicide was sufficient to authorize the verdict of guilty.

2. The evidence for the State, on which the verdict was based, was not limited to circumstantial evidence.

3. Even in eases where a conviction is based upon circumstantial evidence, if the court elsewhere charges the jury on the law of circumstantial evidence, a failure to recharge such law in immediate connection with the law of reasonable doubt will not be cause for a new trial. Young *655v. State, 95 Ga. 456 (3) (20 S.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Buckhanon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
  2. McNaughton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  3. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  4. Copeland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925

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