Legal Opinion

King v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 20, 1890PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Criminal law. Evidence. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1890. The character of the evidence may be seen by the former report (84 Ga. 524). The verdict was the same on the second trial as on the first.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandeord, Justice.

When this case was before this court at a former term, a new trial was granted upon the ground that we thought that justice required another trial of the case so as to give the State an opportunity of furnishing, if possible, further evidence as to the guilt of the accused. Another trial has been had and the plaintiff in error again' found guilty; he moved for a new trial, which was refused by the court, and he excepted.

The main assignment of error is that the verdict is contrary to law, to the evidence, and without evidence to support it. We think, upon an examination of…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  2. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  3. Carr v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
  4. Parks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
  5. Purser v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961

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