Griner v. State

1. It was not error to refuse to instruct the jury, as requested, that “Evidence of confessions is the weakest and least to be relied on of any evidence known to be competent in law” (Calvin v. State, 118 Ga. 73); especially when the court charged the jury that confessions of guilt should be received with great caution, and that a confession alone, uncorroborated by other evidence, will not justify a conviction.

2. “The law of circumstantial evidence is not, without qualification, applicable in a case where the State proves a positive confession of guilt.” Perry v. State, 110 Ga. 234.…