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37 Ga. App. 471

Goff v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 13, 1927

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1927-12-13

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1929

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Relies on 32 Ga. App. 52 - Flowers v. Georgia Northern Railway Co.

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Decided 1927-12-13

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Brotles, C. J.

¶1Before one can be legally convicted on the testimony of an accomplice, such testimony must be corroborated by other evidence, either direct or circumstantial, which, independently of the testimony of the accomplice, directly connects the accused with the offense charged. Scott v. State, 32 Ga. App. 52 (122 S. E. 647), and cit. In the instant ease the testimony of the accomplice was not so corroborated, and the refusal to grant a new trial was error.

¶2Judgment reversed.

Lulce and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
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