Coleman v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Coleman v. State

141 S.E. 431, 37 Ga. App. 606, 1928 Ga. App. LEXIS 522

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 7, 1928

Docket18573

StatusPublished

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Coleman v. State, 141 S.E. 431, 37 Ga. App. 606, 1928 Ga. App. LEXIS 522 (Ga. Ct. App. 1928).

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Opinion

Luke, J.

While the evidence, which is entirely circumstantial, raises a grave suspicion of the defendant’s guilt, it does not exclude every other reasonable hypothesis than that of his guilt; and for this reason alone the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial is reversed.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., dissents. Strozier & Gower, G. L. Harris, for plaintiff in error, cited:

Long v. State, 5 Ga. App. 176; Mathis v. State, 30 Ga. App. 10; 32 Ga. App. 542; Weems v. State, 84 Ga. 461.

T. Hoyt Davis, solicitor-general, contra.

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