Case ID: ga-app_21/html/0050-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Ltjke, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

8924.
    Levister v. The State.
    Decided September 24, 1917.
    Indictment for burglary; from Morgan superior court — Judge Park. May 7, 1917.
    
      Williford & Lambert, for plaintiff in error.
    
      Hoyle Campbell, solicitor-general, contra.
   Ltjke, J.

“To sustain a conviction [in a felony case] upon the testimony of an accomplice, there must be corroborating circumstances which, in themselves and independently of the testimony of the accomplice, directly connect the defendant with the crime, or lead to inference that he is guilty.” Stokes v. State, 19 Ga. App. 235 (91 S. E. 271). The evidence offered to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice did not directly connect the accused with the crime, and therefore it was error to overrule the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Wade, O. J., and George, J., eoneur.