Case Name: Whitehead et al. v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1928-11-13
Citations: 38 Ga. App. 692
Docket Number: 19222
Parties: Whitehead et al. v. The State.
Judges: Luke and Bloodioorth, JJ., concur. Broyles, O. J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 692–693

Head Matter:
19222.
Whitehead et al. v. The State.
Decided November 13, 1928.

Opinion:
Broyles, 0. J.
In the opinion of the majority of this court the evidence (which was wholly circumstantial) was insufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the refusal to grant a new trial was error. The writer thinks that the evidence was sufficient to authorize the jury to find that it excluded every reasonable hypothesis except that of the defendant's guilt. See, in this connection, Yonce v. State, 154 Ga. 419 (114 S. E. 325); Flint v. State, 29 Ga. App. 222 (114 S. E. 585); Jones v. State, 36 Ga. App. 264 (136 S. E. 542).
Judgment reversed.
Luke and Bloodioorth, JJ., concur. Broyles, O. J., dissents.
Shackleford, Shackleford & Davis, Wolver M. Smith, for plaintiff in error
cited Ga. App. Rep.: 2/534; 7/607; 14/598; 16/291, 293-4; 25/242, 258; 27/581, 601, 603; 28/347, 363; 29/24.
Pemberton Cooley, solicitor-general, contra,
cited Ga. App. Rep.: 29/173, 222; 35/581; 36/364(2); 154 Ga. 419.