Welborn v. State

Apr 14, 1920
11280
Reporters:
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Before:
Bloodwoeth
Bloodwoeth, J.

The facts in this ‍‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‍case are not sufficient to support a conviction of burglary, ‍‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‍and the judge erred in overruling the motion for a ‍‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‍new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, C. J., and Luke, J., concur. Colley & Colley, Hugh ‍‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‍E. Combs, for plaintiff in error,

cited: Penal Code (1910), § 1017; Butter v. State, 17 Ga. App. ‍‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‍522, and citations.

R. C. Norman, solicitor-general, contra.