Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 5, 1923No. 14809PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

1. The circumstances relied upon by the State to corroborate the testimony of the accomplices, as to the defendant’s participation in the offense charged, while slight, were passed upon by the jury after full and fair instructions from the court as to the weight and effect of such evidence; and this court cannot say, as a matter of law, that these corroborating circumstances were insufficient. See Chapman v. State, 109 Ga. 165 (34 S. E. 369).(a) Moreover, two accomplices testified in this case, each corroborating the other, and, under the ruling made in the ease of Stone v. State, 118 Ga. 705…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Chapman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Greeson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  2. Austin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  3. Walls v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  4. Chance v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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