Legal Opinion
Sparks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1952No. 17876PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
A grand jury in Gordon County Superior Court charged Ludd Sparks with robbery. The indictment in substance alleges that he did, on July 9, 1951, in Gordon County, Georgia, unlawfully, wrongfully, fraudulently, and violently, by force and intimidation, take $580 from the person of J. D. Boling, without his consent and with an intent to steal the same. He was convicted of robbery by force, sentenced to serve a term of from fiva to fifteen years in the penitentiary, and the exception is to a judgment denying his amended motion for a new trial. Held:
1. When the judge, on the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kinnebrew v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Commonwealth v. GettiganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Luke v. CannonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pless v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Cain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Hutchins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Fincher v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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