Legal Opinion

Cullins v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1918No. 483PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. June 19, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

1. Where on her trial for the murder of her husband the accused was making a long, rambling statement, and was relating matters which had no connection with the issue being tried and were immaterial to her defense, it was not cause for a new trial that the court said to the accused, “Tell about you and your husband.” Loyd v. State, 45 Ga. 57 (8); Long v. State, 118 Ga. 319 (4) (45 S. E. 416).

*18No. 483. April 11, 1918. Indictment for murder. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. June 19, 1917. John B. Cooper and E. W. Butler, for plaintiff in error. Clifford Walker, attorney-general, John…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stovall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  2. Norton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
  3. Loyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
  4. Long v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
  2. Curtis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  3. Randolph v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  4. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945

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