Whaley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
1. The evidence, though in large measure circumstantial, authorized the inference that a conspiracy existed between the defendant and another person to kill the deceased, and that the defendant aided and abetted the killing by supplying the gun used by the other person for that purpose.
2. To warrant a conviction of felony on the testimony of an accomplice, it is necessary that the accomplice be corroborated, and “the corroborating circumstances should be such as, independently of his testimony, to lead to the inference that the defendant is guilty. Pacts which merely cast on the defendant a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hargrove v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Hammond v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Langston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- McCalla v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Callaway v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Arnold v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Waldrop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
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