Spear v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 30, 1932

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1932-04-30

Relies on Vincent v. State · Montross v. State · Howard v. State

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Decided 1932-04-30

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 1955

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Beoyles, C. J.

¶11. “The judge may interrupt the defendant when, in making his statement, he is stating wholly irrelevant facts, and instruct him to leave out such facts, and confine his statement to the case.” Vincent v. State, 153 Ga. 278 (4) (112 S. E. 120) ; Montross v. State, 72 Ga. 261 (4-a.) (53 Am. R. 840) ; Howard v. State, 73 Ga. 83 (2); King v. State, 9 Ga. App. 609 (71 S. E. 943). Applying this ruling to the facts of the instant case, the special assignments of error contained in paragraph 6 of the petition for certiorari are without merit.

¶22. The verdict was authorized by the evidence, and the overruling of the certiorari was not error.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

Jenkins, P. J., and Luke, J., concur.