Legal Opinion

Burke v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1937No. 11567PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Justice.

In this ease no complaint is made of any error of law committed at the trial. The evidence, though entirely circumstantial as to identity of the defendants as perpetrators of the crime, was sufficient to support the verdict, and the discretion of the court in refusing a new trial will not be disturbed. The ease differs on its facts from Wells v. Stale, 97 Gu. 209 (22 S. E. 958), and Young v. State, 121 Ga. 334 (49 S. E. 256), where applying the principles now stated in the Code, § 38-109, relating to sufficiency of circumstantial evidence, it was held the evidence in those…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wells v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  2. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Samsell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
  2. Styles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

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