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36 Ga. App. 630

Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 12, 1927

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1927-04-12

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1956

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Decided 1927-04-12

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Broyles, C. J.

¶1The evidence relied on for a conviction in this ease was wholly circumstantial, and was not sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of the guilt of the accused. It follows that the refusal to 'grant a new trial was error.

¶2 Judgment reversed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur. F. P. & J. Cecil Davis, for plaintiff in error. M. L. Felts, solicitor-general, contra.
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