Supreme Court of Georgia, 1934

Snell v. State

Snell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided June 14, 1934 · Atkinson, Hutcheson
179 Ga. 52; 175 S.E. 14; 1934 Ga. LEXIS 212

Snell v. State

Opinion of the Court

Hutcheson, J.

1. Even if language used by the solicitor-general be construed to be improper, the failure of defendant to make proper motion for mistrial leaves nothing for this court to pass on. Nix v. State, 149 Ga. 304 (100 S. E. 197).

2. The phrase “reasonable doubt” sufficiently defines itself. Paulk v. State, 148 Ga. 304 (2) (96 S. E. 417); Bell v. State, 148 Ga. 352 (96 S. E. 861).

3. There is no merit in the other grounds of the motion for new trial. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Atkinson, J.,

concurs in the result, but not in all that is said in the first headnote.

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