Richey v. State

Jun 20, 1974
49214
Reporters:
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Before:
Bell
Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant, convicted and sentenced for burglary, appeals from ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍the overruling of his motion for new trial. The only ground of the motion argued before this court relates to ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍alleged newly discovered evidence. This newly discovered evidence consists of the purported post-trial declaration of a material witness for the ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍state who gave testimony at the trial strongly tending to show the defendant’s guilt. A post-trial declaration by a state’s ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍witness that his former testimony was false is not a cause for a new trial. Felton v. State, 56 Ga. 84; Fowler v. ‍​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍State, 187 Ga. 406 (1 SE2d 18).

Judgment affirmed.

Quillian and Clark, JJ., concur.