Georgia Court of Appeals, 1925

Hampton v. State

Hampton v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 16, 1925 · Bloodworth
34 Ga. App. 699; 131 S.E. 688; 1925 Ga. App. LEXIS 506

Hampton v. State

Opinion of the Court

Bloodworth, J.

In each of these cases the conviction was dependent upon circumstantial evidence. In neither of them was the evidence sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt j>i the accused. The refusal to grant a new trial was error.

Judgments reversed.

Broyles, O. J., and Luke, J., concur. M. C. Few, for plaintiff in error. Joseph B. Dulce, solicitor-general, contra.

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