Case Name: Beetles v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1948-05-13
Citations: 203 Ga. 627
Docket Number: No. 16216
Parties: Beetles v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 627–635

Head Matter:
Beetles v. The State.
No. 16216.
May 13, 1948.

Opinion:
Duckworth, Presiding Justice.
1. "Where two persons are jointly indicted for murder, each may be convicted upon evidence showing that he was either the absolute perpetrator of the crime, or was present, aiding and abetting the other in its commission." Bradley v. State, 128 Ga. 20 (3) (57 S. E. 237). See also Johnson v. State, 151 Ga. 21 (2) (105 S. E. 603); Adkins v. State, 187 Ga. 519 (1) (1 S. E. 2d, 420); Nelson v. State, 187 Ga. 576 (1 S. E. 2d, 641); Screws v. State, 188 Ga. 678 (4 S. E. 2d, 601); Bruno v. State, 189 Ga. 74 (3) (5 S. E. 2d, 376).
2. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury to find that the defendant, jointly indicted with another for murder and tried separately, was present, aiding and abetting the other, the actual perpetrator of the crime, and, under the above cited authorities, to return the verdict of guilty. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
John M. Morrow, for plaintiff in error.
Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, L. M. Wyatt, Solicitor-General, John Sammons Bell, Assistant Attorney-General, and Mary B. Rogers, contra.