Legal Opinion

Cliett v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1909PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Indictment for murder. Before Judge Spence. Turner superior court. October 19, 1908.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

1. The ease was not one depending wholly upon circumstantial evidence, and it furnished no ground for a new trial that the court failed to charge the law touching such evidence.

2. The charge which was given did not make it erroneous not to instruct, the jury fully on the subject mentioned.

3. The refusal to grant a continuance on the ground of the absence of one of the attorneys for the defendant furnished no cause of reversal, where the defendant testified and introduced evidence to show that he relied mainly on the attorney who was present and whom he had employed,, and that the absent…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Weatherby v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
  2. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  3. Conley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  5. Scarboro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919

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