Legal Opinion

Salisbury v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 22, 1966No. 23692PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of robbeiy by force. In accordance with the verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy and sentence of twenty years, he was sentenced to this period of servitude. The appeal is from the judgment and sentence with numerous enumerations of error involving objections to evidence, the failure to allow evidence, a refusal of a request to charge, the denial of a motion for mistrial, and alleged abuse of counsel by the court which deprived the defendant of a fair and impartial trial. Held:

1. When a defense witness had…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Montos v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  2. Post v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  3. Downer v. BazzellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Cape v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  3. Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  4. Kirby v. SpiveyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Henry Cook Salisbury v. T. Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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