Legal Opinion
Fudge v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 23, 1940No. 13144PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Jim Fudge was jointly indicted with Charlie Lucius Holcomb and Johnnie -Lee Harris, for murder in the alleged killing of J. T. Johnson. Fudge was tried separately, found guilty, and sentenced to electrocution. His motion for new trial was based upon the general grounds, to. which several special grounds were added by amendment. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant Jim Fudge and the other persons indicted with him were brothers, or half-brothers. J. T. Johnson, the deceased, was the husband of their sister. A few days before the homicide he had struck his wife with…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Everett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
- Tanner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Williams v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Swift & Co. v. Morgan & SturdivantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Daniels v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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