Yeates v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Yeates v. State

113 S.E. 111, 29 Ga. App. 24, 1922 Ga. App. LEXIS 24

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJuly 25, 1922

Docket13593

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Yeates v. State, 113 S.E. 111, 29 Ga. App. 24, 1922 Ga. App. LEXIS 24 (Ga. Ct. App. 1922).

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Broyles, C. J.

The conviction of the defendant depending entirely upon circumstantial evidence, and that evidence not being sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt, his conviction was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. Judgment reversed.

Luhe and Bloodworth, JJ., coneur. Jesse A. Drake, John E. Drake, for plaintiff in error. Perry D. Rich, solicitor, contra.

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Broyles, C. J.

The conviction of the defendant depending entirely upon circumstantial evidence, and that evidence not being sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt, his conviction was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. Judgment reversed.

Luhe and Bloodworth, JJ., coneur. Jesse A. Drake, John E. Drake, for plaintiff in error. Perry D. Rich, solicitor, contra.

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