Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 19, 1953No. 34740PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.

1. Asportation is an essential element of the offense of larceny, and exists where there has been the slightest change of location whereby complete dominion of the property is transferred from the true owner to the trespasser. Johnson v. State, 9 Ga. App. 409 (1) (71 S. E. 507); Lundy v. State, 60 Ga. 143.

2. Sufficient corroboration of the defendant’s confession of the crime charged to sustain his conviction exists where there is satisfactory evidence aliunde, either direct or circumstantial, showing that the crime as confessed has in fact been committed. Bines v. State, 118 Ga. 320 (45 S. E.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Lundy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  4. DeVore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Teague v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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