Case Name: Graham v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1932-02-17
Citations: 44 Ga. App. 792
Docket Number: 22063
Parties: Graham v. The State.
Judges: Luke, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 792–792

Head Matter:
22063.
Graham v. The State.
Decided February 17, 1932.
John B. Gamble, Wolver M. Smith, for plaintiff in error.
Henry H. West, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Broyles, O. J.
The evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense charged (larceny of an automobile) was wholly circumstantial and did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of his guiltIt4follows that his conviction was unauthorized and that the court's refusal to grant him a new trial was error.
Judgment reversed.
Luke, J., concurs. Bloodworth, J., absent on account of illness.