Roberson v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Roberson v. State

140 S.E. 892, 165 Ga. 290, 1927 Ga. LEXIS 375

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedDecember 13, 1927

DocketNo. 6194

StatusPublished

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Roberson v. State, 140 S.E. 892, 165 Ga. 290, 1927 Ga. LEXIS 375 (Ga. 1927).

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Per Curiam.

The defendant in this case was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, and fixed the punishment at a minimum of nineteen and a half years and a maximum of twenty years. A motion for new trial was made upon the usual general grounds., and after hearing the same the court overruled the motion, and Roberson sued out a bill of exceptions to this court. There is not sufficient evidence in this case of the defendant’s guilt to authorize a jury to return a verdict of guilty of the offense charged; and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial based upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except

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Per Curiam.

The defendant in this case was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, and fixed the punishment at a minimum of nineteen and a half years and a maximum of twenty years. A motion for new trial was made upon the usual general grounds., and after hearing the same the court overruled the motion, and Roberson sued out a bill of exceptions to this court. There is not sufficient evidence in this case of the defendant’s guilt to authorize a jury to return a verdict of guilty of the offense charged; and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial based upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except

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140 S.E. 892, 165 Ga. 290, 1927 Ga. LEXIS 375, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/roberson-v-state-ga-1927.