Legal Opinion

Dyer v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 29, 1909No. 1896PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Indictment for larceny, from Walker superior court — -Judge Wright. April 8, 1909.

1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.

Counsel for plaintiff in error frankly admits that his only legal claim to a judgment of reversal rests upon the exception taken to the charge of the court upon the subject of venue. For this reason we omit any reference to the other, grounds of the motion for new trial; but we remark in passing that the verdict finding the defendant guilty was amply supported by the evidence. That the evidence upon the subject of the venue is sufficient to support the verdict is decided by the ruling in Smiley v. State, 66 Ga. 754, which is controlling upon that point. In that case it was held: “Where the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kinnebrew v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887

3Cited by14 opinions

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  2. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. BentleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  3. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  4. State v. VoelpelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  5. Whitfield v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

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