Dixon v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for burglary; from Wayne superior court' — Judge Summerall. May 18, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
Only the 3d and 4th headnotes need elaboration. The plaintiff in error and others were indicted for burglary. Upon his separate trial he was convicted. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.
The 3d headnote deals with the refusal of the judge to declare a mistrial. One of the attorneys assisting the State in prosecuting the case made in his argument to the jury the following remark: “ Gentlemen of the jury, the crime which defendant has committed is a very aggravated one, and you ought to fix the punishment in this case at such a term of years as will prevent him from ever…
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