Coley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Coley v. State

34 S.E. 845, 110 Ga. 271, 1899 Ga. LEXIS 535

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedNovember 28, 1899

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Coley v. State, 34 S.E. 845, 110 Ga. 271, 1899 Ga. LEXIS 535 (Ga. 1899).

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Opinion

Fish, J.

1. While proof of given facts may be sufficient to authorize a jury to find that a confession has been corroborated, the court should not instruct the jury that such proof is sufficient. The determination of such a question is peculiarly one for the jury.

2. Accordingly, it was, in the trial of one indicted for burglary, erroneous to charge as follows: “If you find that he confessed that he stood watch and that he left there with his brother, whether or not he carried any of the goods, that the goods were concealed and that this defendant disclosed the place where the goods were concealed, that would be sufficient corroboration of a confession, if you find that there has been a confession in this case.”

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.'

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