Legal Opinion

Fleming v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 6, 1976No. 51684PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant appeals from her conviction of pointing a pistol at another (Criminal Code of Georgia § 26-2908; Code Ann. § 26-2908 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1325)).

1. The following charge is enumerated as error: "... where all the facts and circumstances of the case and all reasonable deductions therefrom present two theories of equal probability, one of innocence and one of guilt; there the jury should acquit.”

In Gravitt v. State, 220 Ga. 781, 784 (141 SE2d 893), the trial judge had charged: "If from the evidence and the defendant’s statement and all the reasonable deductions…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Gravitt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
  3. State v. McNeillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  5. Nolen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Causey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. Dunn v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Butler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Booker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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