Legal Opinion

Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 26, 1935No. 24421PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.

1. The jury were authorized, under the testimony, to find that the defendants, Riser Adams and Wilson Jones, and another person, Will Hunt, associated themselves in a joint unlawful enterprise, to wit, hog stealing, and that the killing of the hog was an act of Will Hunt’s, done in pursuance and furtherance of the conspiracy and was, in legal contemplation, the act of all, notwithstanding the fact that the defendants, Kiser Adanis and Wilson Jones, may not have been actually present when the hog was killed.

2. “Conspiracy or common intent may be established by proof of acts and conduct, as…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gaspin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  2. Rawlins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942

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