Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 1, 1981No. 37910PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari to determine whether or not the Court of Appeals properly declined to pass upon an enumeration of error that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. Lewis v. State, 159 Ga. App. 301 (283 SE2d 275) (1981).
The Court of Appeals first reached the general grounds and determined that the evidence did not support the verdict. Then on motion for rehearing by the state, the Court of Appeals withdrew that opinion and substituted a new opinion ignoring the enumeration of error presenting the general grounds and reversing, as in the companion case…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. MasseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Knowles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Barksdale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- State v. LewisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Carswell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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