Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 29, 1959No. 37937Published

1Opinion of the Court

Carlisle, Judge.

1. An assignment of error in a special ground of the motion for new trial because the court failed without request to charge the jury “on the law of circumstantial evidence” which does not set forth therein the applicable law which it is contended should have been charged is too vague and indefinite to present any question for decision. Bryant v. State, 88 Ga. App. 208, 210 (3) (76 S. E. 2d 446). Accordingly, the first special ground of the motion for new trial which attempts to so assign error is without merit.

2. The second and final special ground attempts to assign error…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pulliam v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  2. Chester v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  3. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953

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