Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 11, 1957No. 19845, 19847PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Headnotes 1 and 2 require no further elaboration, and hence will not be further discussed in the opinion.

Complaint is made in the amended grounds as to the allowance in evidence, over objection, and the taking and keeping in the jury room of certain articles of evidence while the jury was deliberating. Certain of these exhibits were photographs of the body of the deceased. When the pictures of the body had been allowed in evidence without objection, there was no reason for not allowing them to go out with the jury. This and all of the evidence was proper matter for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pressley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  2. Royals v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  4. HARRIS, Alias WILLIAMS v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  5. Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Fowler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  3. Norrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  4. Shaw v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  5. Teal v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970

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