Case Name: Reddick v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1926-04-14
Citations: 35 Ga. App. 256
Docket Number: 17138
Parties: Reddick v. The State.
Judges: Luke, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., not participating, on account of illness.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 256–256

Head Matter:
17138.
Reddick v. The State.
Decided April 14, 1926.
Stanley S. Bennet, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The accused was found "dead drunk" and in an indecent condition upon the public highway designated in the indictment. However, the evidence as to whether he voluntarily went upon the highway while intoxicated and in an indecent condition, or was involuntarily carried there by some other person, was wholly circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt. It follows that his conviction was not authorized by the evidence, and that the refusal to grant a new trial was error. See, in this connection, Thomas v. State, 33 Ga. App. 134 (125 S. E. 778).
Judgment reversed.
Luke, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., not participating, on account of illness.