Case Name: Maddox v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1933-03-24
Citations: 46 Ga. App. 664
Docket Number: 22915
Parties: Maddox v. The State.
Judges: Broyles, G. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 664–665

Head Matter:
22915.
Maddox v. The State.
Decided March 24, 1933.

Opinion:
Guerry, J.
The evidence in this case was wholly circumstantial, and creates a mere suspicion as to the guilt of the accused, which is not sufficient. Bush v. State, 7 Ga. App. 607 (67 S. E. 685). It did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused, and the court erred in overruling the motion for' a new trial. Calhoun v. State, 9 Ga. App. 501 (71 S. E. 765).
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, G. J., and MacIntyre, J., concur.
William J. Cooley, Pemberton Cooley, Alexander Stephens, for plaintiff in error.
Clifford Pratt, solicitor-general, contra.