Legal Opinion

Bridges v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 28, 1962No. 39398Published

1Opinion of the Court

106 Ga. App. 363 (1962)

126 S.E.2d 903

BRIDGES

v.

THE STATE.

39398.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 28, 1962.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1962.

Casey Thigpen, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas A. Hutcheson, Solicitor, contra.

FRANKUM, Judge.

1. "Error, to be reversible, must be harmful, and where a charge, although error, is favorable to the defendant, it is not such as to bring about a reversal of the case." McCall v. State, 87 Ga. App. 185 (4), supra. The error in the charge complained of was favorable to the defendant for it required the testimony of the defendant's admitted associate to be…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PeasleeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  2. Commonwealth v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  3. People v. MurrayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Groves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  5. McCall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952

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