Legal Opinion

Allen v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 10, 1946No. 15606PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Each of the ten amended grounds of the motion for new trial, comprising 36 pages of this record, assails the conviction of the movant upon the ground that the evidence of other crimes committed by the defendant was admitted over objections, and in the charge to the jury they were authorized to consider such evidence in reaching a verdict in this case. While the various grounds attack from different directions, each is based upon the contention that all of the trial relating to the other crimes was erroneous. Therefore, the special…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  4. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  5. Barkley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  4. Nester v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948

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