Court Opinion

ID: 9614923
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:29:40.559022+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:19:15.985868
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Weltner, Justice,
dissenting.
I agree with everything stated in the majority opinion except the final sentence, and the judgment of reversal.
I agree that the rule concerning charges upon circumstantial evidence should be changed. However, in view of the eye-witness testimony in this case, and of the secondary weight of the circumstantial evidence (see footnote 1, majority opinion), I think that the charge given was, at worst, harmless error under Johnson v. State, 238 Ga. 59 (230 SE2d 869) (1976).
Accordingly, I would affirm the trial court.