Court Opinion

ID: 9767679
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:23:39.652036+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:32.379214
License: Public Domain

George Bose Smith, J., concurring. When this case was discussed in conference I voted to overrule Green v. State and to return to the rule adopted in Williams v. State, which I consider to be the better rule. But a majority of the court took the other view and decided to adhere to the doctrine of the Green case. In this instance I think the desirability of certainty in the law outweighs the advantages that are to be found in the rule of Williams v. State. For that reason I yield by personal convictions to the majority and will in the future regard today’s decision as a binding precedent, not to be overruled.