Stubbs v. State

463 S.E.2d 686 (1995)

265 Ga. 883

STUBBS

v.

The STATE.

No. S95G0660.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 20, 1995.

Lewis R. Lamb, Musgrove & Lamb, Albany, for Stubbs.

Gregory W. Edwards, Asst. Dist. Atty., Albany, Britt R. Priddy, Dist. Atty., Albany, for State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Stubbs v. State, 215 Ga.App. 873, 452 S.E.2d 571 (1994), to reexamine this issue: When is a trial court required to give a jury charge on circumstantial evidence in a criminal trial and what should the charge say? We reiterate our holding in previous cases: If the State's case…