Ridley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 16, 1952

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1952-01-16

Relies on Phillips v. State · Bass v. State · Grier v. State

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Decided 1952-01-16

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently September 1975

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Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

¶11. Where newly discovered evidence, urged as a ground for new trial, was that of a psychiatrist as to the mental condition of the accused, but no affidavits as to the witness’s residence, associates, means of knowledge, character, and credibility were adduced, such is not a compliance with the provisions of Code § 70-205, and the discretion of the trial judge in refusing a new trial on this ground will not be disturbed. Phillips v. State, 138 Ga. 815 (2) (76 S. E. 352); Bass v. State, 152 Ga. 415 (11) (110 S. E. 237); Cole v. State, 176 Ga. 135 (2) (167 S. E. 172); Grier v. State, 196 Ga. 515 (1) (26 S. E. 2d, 889).

¶22. The general grounds of the motion are expressly abandoned.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.