Case Name: BUTLER v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1961-11-14
Citations: 104 Ga. App. 777
Docket Number: 39176
Parties: BUTLER v. THE STATE.
Judges: Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 104
Pages: 777–777

Head Matter:
39176.
BUTLER v. THE STATE.
Decided November 14, 1961.
Edwin A. Carlisle, for plaintiff in error.
Willard H. Chason, Solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Frankum, Judge.
The conviction of the accused was founded solely on circumstantial evidence which, given its strongest intendment against him, raised a strong suspicion of his guilt, but was not sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt.
Therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed.
Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.