Sutton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Sutton v. State

156 S.E. 638, 42 Ga. App. 450, 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 820

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 14, 1931

Docket20877

StatusPublished

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Sutton v. State, 156 S.E. 638, 42 Ga. App. 450, 1931 Ga. App. LEXIS 820 (Ga. Ct. App. 1931).

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Opinion

Luke, J.

The evidence connecting the accused with the stealing of the automobile was wholly circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused; and therefore the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J.., and Bloodworth, J., concur. Hammond Johnson, Karle Norman, for plaintiff in error, Robert McMillan, solicitor-general, K. D. Kenyon, contra,

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Luke, J.

The evidence connecting the accused with the stealing of the automobile was wholly circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused; and therefore the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J.., and Bloodworth, J., concur. Hammond Johnson, Karle Norman, for plaintiff in error, Robert McMillan, solicitor-general, K. D. Kenyon, contra,

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