Case Name: PADGETT v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1962-09-18
Citations: 106 Ga. App. 707
Docket Number: 39739
Parties: PADGETT v. THE STATE.
Judges: Frankum and Jordan, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 106
Pages: 707–707

Head Matter:
39739.
PADGETT v. THE STATE.
Decided September 18, 1962
Rehearing denied October 3, 1962.
Frank G. Wilson, for plaintiff in error.
Wm. M. West, Solicitor General, Jack J. Gautier, contra.

Opinion:
Nichols, Presiding Judge.
1. Where the State, in a criminal case, introduces evidence that the accused was at the scene of a crime and immediately thereafter ran to avoid arrest a charge on "flight" is authorized. See Lewis v. State, 200 Ga. 388 (37 SE2d 405), and citations.
2. There was evidence in the present case that the accused, after attempting to rob a service station, ran when help arrived to aid the attendant in charge of such service station. The charge on flight was authorized.
3. The verdict was authorized by the evidence and the trial court did not err in overruling the defendant's motion for new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Frankum and Jordan, JJ., concur.