Case ID: ga-app_145/html/0027-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Quillian, Presiding Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

55040.
    C. C. R. v. STATE OF GEORGIA.
    Submitted January 11, 1978
    Decided February 24, 1978.
    
      Drake & Tracy, John L. Tracy, for appellant.
    
      John R. Irwin, District Attorney, Christopher A. Townley, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
   Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, a juvenile, appeals the judgment of delinquency. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the prosecution since it was predicated solely on the corroborating testimony of a co-participant. Citing Code § 38-121 it is urged that, as in á criminal prosecution, corroboration of an accomplice’s testimony is essential. Held:

In numerous decisions our courts have held that corroboration of an accomplice is not necessary to sustain a misdemeanor conviction. Martin v. State, 17 Ga. App. 372 (1) (86 SE 945) and cits.; Fields v. State, 88 Ga. App. 770 (1) (77 SE2d 751). For, Code § 38-121 specifically requires corroboration "in any case of felony,” otherwise, "the testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact.” Since this was not a felony case, we therefore find there was some evidence to sustain the defendant’s adjudication as a delinquent.

Judgment affirmed.

Webb and McMurray, JJ., concur.