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29 Ga. App. 24

Yeates v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 25, 1922

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1922-07-25

Decided 1922-07-25

Broyles, C. J.

¶1The conviction of the defendant depending entirely upon circumstantial evidence, and that evidence not being sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt, his conviction was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. Judgment reversed.

Luhe and Bloodworth, JJ., coneur. Jesse A. Drake, John E. Drake, for plaintiff in error. Perry D. Rich, solicitor, contra.
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