Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1966No. 42172PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Presiding Judge.

The first special ground of the motion for new trial, numbered 4, complains of the admission of evidence as to whether the defendant’s condition was influenced by medicine prescribed by a physician. The witness was asked if he knew what effect the medicine had on the defendant and, after the objection was made that the answer would constitute a conclusion, the trial court ruled the witness could testify as to what he had observed. It was not error to permit such witness to testify as to what he observed of the defendant’s conduct and such testimony was not a…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. GENERAL GAS CORPORATION v. WhitnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  3. General Gas Corp. v. WhitnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  4. Barfield v. AikenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968

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