Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 18, 1939No. 27818PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGuerry, J.

1. Testimony of a witness who swears to transactions with the defendant in reference to payment by him to the defendant of money as a part of a bribery scheme, and of making a daily record of such transactions, was not objectionable on the *773ground that such record was the best evidence. The witness was not testifying as to the contents of a writing, but merely that he had put into writing an account of his actions.

2. It was proper to exclude testimony offered to show that the witness had been indicted for murder but not convicted, as a basis for his impeachment. Wheeler v. State, 4 Ga. App.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Beach v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Wheeler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  5. Barnwell v. HanneganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. McCarty v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  2. Ione Jenkins v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  4. Ailstock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Hess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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