Butler v. State
Butler v. State
104 Ga. App. 777; 123 S.E.2d 30; 1961 Ga. App. LEXIS 797
Butler v. State
Opinion of the Court
The conviction of the accused was founded solely on circumstantial evidence which, given its strongest intendment against him, raised a strong suspicion of his guilt, but was not sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt.
Therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
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