Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 12, 1922No. 2846PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Humphries. Fulton superior court. September 24, 1921.

1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.

1. Testimony that certain spots on the shoes of the accused were “ blood,” introduced as tending to connect the accused with the commission of the homicide alleged to have been accomplished by striking the deceased on the head with an ax, was admissible over the objection that it was a mere conclusion of the witness.

2. The declaration of a person since deceased, that he committed the killing for which the accused was on trial, was not admissible on behalf of the latter. Beach v. State, 138 Ga. 265 (2) (75 S. E. 139), and citations.

3. The evidence authorized the charge of the law of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Beach v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1940
  3. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. West v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  5. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945

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