Legal Opinion

Dorsey v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1948No. 16304PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Chief Justice.

The general grounds of the defendant’s motion for new trial raise the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to corroborate the testimony of the two females against whom the defendant was convicted of the charge of rape; it being conceded by counsel for the defendant that, “In the event there was sufficient corroboration of their respective stories, there is probably sufficient evidence to convict.” In this connection, assuming that it is still the rule, as held by a majority of the Justices in Davis v. State, 120 Ga. 433 (48 S. E. 180), that there can be no…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cawthon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  3. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  4. Suber v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  5. Barkley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  2. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. James v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  4. Quaid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  5. Natson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978

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