Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907

Lett v. State

Lett v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided November 11, 1907 · Russell
2 Ga. App. 829; 59 S.E. 85; 1907 Ga. App. LEXIS 529

Lett v. State

Opinion of the Court

Russell, J.

The guilt of the defendant being dependent entirely upon circumstantial evidence, the failure of the trial judge to charge the jury upon that subject, and to instruct them that “to warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proven facts must riot only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but must exclude every other *830reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused” (Penal Code, § 984), required a new trial. Riley v. State, 1 Ga. App. 651.

Certiorari, from Morgan superior court — Judge Lewis. April 29, 1907.Argued July 18, Decided November 11, 1907. M. C. Few, for plaintiff in error. J. E. Pottle, solicitor-general, E. W. Butler, contra.

Judgment reversed.

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