Case Name: Chafin v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1930-11-11
Citations: 42 Ga. App. 289
Docket Number: 20863
Parties: Chafin v. The State.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 289–290

Head Matter:
20863.
Chafin v. The State.
Decided November 11, 1930.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
1. "Whether an explanation which the accused makes of his possession of property recently stolen is consistent with his innocence is exclusively a question of fact for determination by the jury, and this court has no right to interfere with that determination, unless it is wholly unsupported by the evidence, or by any reasonable theory dedueible therefrom." Jordan v. State, 9 Ga. App. 578 (3) (71 S. E. 875); Jester v. State, 23 Ga. App. 132 (1) (97 S. E. 563).
2. Under the foregoing ruling and the facts of the instant case, the verdict was authorized by the evidence, and the overruling of the certiorari was not error.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Claud Braclcett, R. B. Giles, for plaintiff in error.
John 8. McClelland, solicitor, John A. Boykin, solicitor-general, J. Walter LeCraw, contra.