Case Name: ROBERSON v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-12-13
Citations: 165 Ga. 290
Docket Number: No. 6194
Parties: ROBERSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 290–290

Head Matter:
ROBERSON v. THE STATE.
No. 6194.
December 13, 1927.
IF. H. Bedgood and Aaron Kravitch, for plaintiff in error.
George M. Napier, attorney-general, Walter O. Hartridge, solicitor-general, T. B. Gress, assistant attorney-general, and Julian Hartridge, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The defendant in this case was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of rape. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, and fixed the punishment at a minimum of nineteen and a half years and a maximum of twenty years. A motion for new trial was made upon the usual general grounds., and after hearing the same the court overruled the motion, and Roberson sued out a bill of exceptions to this court. There is not sufficient evidence in this case of the defendant's guilt to authorize a jury to return a verdict of guilty of the offense charged; and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial based upon the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur, except