Legal Opinion

Coley v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1930No. 20583PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Broyles, O. J.

1. The excerpt from the charge of the court, complained of in the motioxx for 'a new trial, was not error for any reasoxx assigned.

2. “The State, by proving the corpxxs delicti, the vemxe, and the recexxt possession of the stolen property, axxd its sale by the defendant, made a prima facie case. Whether the defendaxxt’s explanation of his possession of the property was consistent with his innoeexxce and satisfactox-y *621to the jury was a matter exclusively for them. In such a case, in the absence of error upon the trial, the Court of Appeals is without authority to interfere.”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gilliard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Peacock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  2. Haney v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  3. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  4. Wiley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  5. Chamlee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

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