Legal Opinion

Sorrow v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 15, 1924No. 15641PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.

' 1. That the court while charging the jury entered, into a colloquy with the solicitor-general and counsel for the defendant and made statements which amounted to an expression of opinion as to the facts of the case does not require a reversal of the judgment below, since the court, immediately after making the statements complained of, explicitly instructed the jury not to consider them. Furthermore, counsel for the plaintiff in error, having failed to make a motion for a mistrial, cannot, after the conviction of his client, raise in a motion for a new trial the question as to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Perdue v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Morton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  2. Forbes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  3. Tanksley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  4. Mayor of Savannah v. KicklighterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937

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