Supreme Court of Georgia, 1917

Vincent v. State

Vincent v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided March 13, 1917 · Hill
146 Ga. 619; 91 S.E. 690; 1917 Ga. LEXIS 405

Vincent v. State

Opinion of the Court

Hill, J.

1. Where the State offers direct and circumstantial evidence that the defendant committed the crime, and where one of the contentions of the defendant is that another person committed the crime, and he offers circumstantial evidence tending to support such contention, it is not error to omit to charge on the rule respecting circumstantial evidence.

2. The evidence supports the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Fish, G. J., absent.

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