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Shahan v. StateShahan v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 11, 1927
17782
Reporters:
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Before:
Broyles
Broyles, C. J.

1. In view of the judge’s note to ground 1 of the amendment to the ‍‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍motion for a new trial, which complains of the admission of certain evidence over the objections of the defendant, the admission of the evidence was not error for any reason stated to the court ‍‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍at the time the evidence was offered.

2. The alleged newly discovered evidence is impeaching in its character, and the affidavits in support of the new witnesses are defective, in that they fail to give ‍‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍the names of their associates. Civil Code (1910), § 6086. The trial judge, therefore, did not abuse his discretion in overruling the ground of the motion for a new trial based upon such evidence. Ivey v. State, 154 Ga. 63 ‍‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍(6) (113 S. E. 175); Crosby v. State, 34 Ga. App. 235 (128 S. E. 817).

3. The general grounds of the motion for a new trial, not having been argued or referred to in the brief of counsel for the ‍‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍plaintiff in error, are treated as abandoned.

Judgment affirmed.

Luhe, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.

Case Details

Case Name: Shahan v. State
Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Date Published: Jan 11, 1927
Citations: 36 Ga. App. 315; 136 S.E. 798; 1927 Ga. App. LEXIS 51; 17782
Docket Number: 17782
Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.
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