Hall v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Hall v. State

88 S.E. 595, 17 Ga. App. 805, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 941

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedApril 17, 1916

Docket7116

StatusPublished

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Hall v. State, 88 S.E. 595, 17 Ga. App. 805, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 941 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916).

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Opinion

Wade, J.

1. It is immaterial whether, in overruling the ground of the motion for a new trial relating to alleged newly discovered evidence, the trial judge based his ruling upon his estimate as to the credibility and value of that evidence in the light of a counter-showing by the State, since the evidence was merely impeaching in character, and it is a well-settled rule that newly discovered evidence tending merely to impeach a witness for the State is not a sufficient cause for the grant of a new trial.

2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the trial judge did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Russell, O. J., absent.

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Wade, J.

1. It is immaterial whether, in overruling the ground of the motion for a new trial relating to alleged newly discovered evidence, the trial judge based his ruling upon his estimate as to the credibility and value of that evidence in the light of a counter-showing by the State, since the evidence was merely impeaching in character, and it is a well-settled rule that newly discovered evidence tending merely to impeach a witness for the State is not a sufficient cause for the grant of a new trial.

2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the trial judge did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Russell, O. J., absent.

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88 S.E. 595, 17 Ga. App. 805, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 941, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/hall-v-state-gactapp-1916.