Case Name: Snell v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1934-06-14
Citations: 179 Ga. 52
Docket Number: No. 10186
Parties: Snell v. The State.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 179
Pages: 52–52

Head Matter:
Snell v. The State.
No. 10186.
June 14, 1934.
J. Frank Jackson and W. M. Goodwin, for plaintiff in error.
M. J. Yeomans, attorney-general, M. L. Gross, solicitor-general, B. D. Murphy and J. T. Goree, assistant attorneys-general, contra.

Opinion:
Hutcheson, J.
1. Even if language used by the solicitor-general be construed to be improper, the failure of defendant to make proper motion for mistrial leaves nothing for this court to pass on. Nix v. State, 149 Ga. 304 (100 S. E. 197).
2. The phrase "reasonable doubt" sufficiently defines itself. Paulk v. State, 148 Ga. 304 (2) (96 S. E. 417); Bell v. State, 148 Ga. 352 (96 S. E. 861).
3. There is no merit in the other grounds of the motion for new trial. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
Atkinson, J.,
concurs in the result, but not in all that is said in the first headnote.