Legal Opinion

Lumpkin v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 22, 1979No. 58482PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for armed robbery. Held:

1. The first enumeration of error contends that the court erred by permitting the prosecutor, over defense objection, to cross examine defendant concerning another robbery, preceding the instant allegation, on which defendant had been indicted but not yet tried. In direct examination defendant testified that he had never robbed any convenience store. On cross examination he specifically denied having committed the robbery.

A witness may be impeached by disproving the facts testified to by him. Code Ann. §…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stack v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Bradham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  3. Barrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. Huckeba v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  3. Hammond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Hammond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  5. Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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