Legal Opinion

McCoy v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 13, 1942No. 13975PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

1. After the accused has been convicted of the crime of which he was charged, and has made a motion for a new trial, and the judgment denying it has been affirmed by this court, when an extraordinary motion for a new trial is made, based on the ground of newly discovered evidence, it should be made to appear that such evidence is so material that it would probably produce a different result on another trial. Young v. State, 56 Ga. 403 (4); Rogers v. State, 129 Ga. 589 (59 S. E. 288); Brown v. State, 141 Ga. 783 (82 S. E. 238).

2. Such an extraordinary motion is addressed to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  3. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Parks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  2. Walker v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  3. Webb v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  4. Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  5. West v. WestSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945

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