Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 17, 1922No. 3041PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

1. In the trial of a criminal case the failure of the court to charge the law of confessions, in the absence of an appropriate and timely request, is not cause for the grant of a new trial. Benjamin v. State, 150 Ga. 78 (102 S. E. 427), and cases cited.

2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court did not err in refusing a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices eonewr, except Gilbert, J., absent.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Benjamin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Marcus v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  2. Latham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  3. Joyner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928