Underwood v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Murder. Prisoner’s statement. Charge of court. Before Judge Richard EL Clark. Pulton superior court. March term, 1891. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. In a criminal ease the accused is not a competent witness in his own behalf upon the trial, but by statute he has the right to make a statement to the court and jury. This right as to cases of felony was brought in *48by the act of 1868 ; by the act of 1874 it was extended so as to comprehend all criminal trials ; and by amendment in 1879 it was enacted that the jury might believe the statement in preference to the sworn testimony in the case. The entire provision on the subject, as it stands now, appears in the code of 1882 and reads as follows : “ In all criminal…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Coxwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Day v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
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