Case Name: TANNER v. THE STATE
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1927-07-15
Citations: 164 Ga. 490
Docket Number: No. 5532
Parties: TANNER v. THE STATE.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Bussell, O. J., and Atkinson, J., who dissent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 164
Pages: 490–499

Head Matter:
TANNER v. THE STATE.
No. 5532.
July 15, 1927.

Opinion:
Pee Cukiam.
1. Remarks of counsel while addressing the jury, which do not undertake to introduce any material fact not disclosed by the evidence, do not constitute sufficient ground for declaring a mistrial. Western &c. R. Co. v. York, 128 Ga. 687 (58 S. E. 183).
2. The charge on the law of confessions was authorized by the evidence.
3. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.
Criminal Law, 16 C. J. p. 896, n. 85; p. 1002, n. 16; p. 1143, n. 98.
Homicide, 30 C. J. p. 310, n. 25.
All the Justices concur, except Bussell, O. J., and Atkinson, J., who dissent.
0. H. Edwards and O. J. Lilly, for plaintiff in error.
George M. Napier, attorney-g eneral, Robert McMillan, solicitor-general, and T. R. Gress, assistant attorney-g eneral, contra.