Case Name: Byrd v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1930-01-17
Citations: 169 Ga. 832
Docket Number: No. 7205
Parties: Byrd v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 169
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
Byrd v. The State.
No. 7205.
January 17, 1930.
Rehearing denied February 22, 1930.
S. F. Memory, H. L. Causey, A. J. Tulen, and T. J. Townsend, for plaintiff in error.
George M. Napier, attorney-general, A. B. Spence, solicitor-general, and T. R. Gress, assistant attorney-general, contra.

Opinion:
This case being for decision by the entire court of six Justices, who are equally divided in opinion, Hill, Gilbert, and Hines, JJ., favoring affirmance of the judgment refusing a new trial, and Russell, O. J., Beck, P. J., and Atkinson, J., being in favor of a reversal, the judgment of the trial court stands affirmed by operation of law.