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Fife v. StateFife v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Mar 6, 1923
14126
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Luke
Luke, J.

The evidence was wholly ‍​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis ‍​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍save that of the defendant’s guilt. The court, therefore, ‍​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍erred in overruling the motion for a new ‍​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, G. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur. W. II. Ennis, for ‍​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‍plaintiff in error, James Maddox, solicitor, contra,

Case Details

Case Name: Fife v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Mar 6, 1923
Citations: 30 Ga. App. 23; 116 S.E. 912; 1923 Ga. App. LEXIS 224; 14126
Docket Number: 14126
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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