Legal Opinion
Siegel v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 14, 1949No. 16786PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
This case comes to us on certiorari to the Court of Appeals. Milton N. Siegel was convicted, in the City Court of Polk County, of the offense of simply larceny. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, and among other rulings, held that the trial judge did not commit reversible error in giving the following instruction to the jury: “If you find the defendant not guilty you will give him the benefit of the doubt and acquit him, and the form will be, 'We the jury find the defendant not guilty.’ ” Siegel v. State, 79 Ga. App. 410 (53 S. E. 2d, 686). And since this is the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Perdue v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Brown v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- First National Bank v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Gober v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Bridges v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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