Legal Opinion

Mills v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 12, 1941No. 13899Published

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

The first and fifth special grounds of the motion for a new trial, relating to alleged newly discovered evidence, failed to show that by ordinary diligence the evidence could not have been discovered before verdict, or that it was of such character as would probably produce a different result on another trial. Code, §§ 70-204, 70-205. It will not suffice to allege merely that the evidence could not have been discovered by ordinary diligence. Douberly v. State, 184 Ga. 573 (7) (192 S. E. 223), and cit.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Weaver v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  2. Lanier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Birdsong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. Springer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  5. Douberly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937

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