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Jenkins v. StateJenkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Mar 23, 1917
8500
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
George
George, J.

1. None of the instructions of the court excepted to ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍are erroneous for any reason assigned.

2. The grant of a new trial on newly discovered evidence is largely within the ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍sound discretion of the trial judge. His discretion, unless abused, is not judicial error. The newly discovered evidence tends only to ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍impeach one of the State’s witnesses, and the denial of the motion upon this ground was not error.

3. The evidence ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍for the State amply sustains the verdict, and the verdict has been approved by the trial judge, and no reason ‍​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‍appears why this court should interfere.

Judgment affirmed.

Wade, O, J., and Luke, J., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Jenkins v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Mar 23, 1917
Citations: 19 Ga. App. 626; 91 S.E. 944; 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 271; 8500
Docket Number: 8500
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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