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Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Feb 11, 1966
147 S.E.2d 512 (Ga. Ct. App. 1966)

Opinion

41782.

SUBMITTED FEBRUARY 8, 1966.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 11, 1966.

Robbery. Chatham Superior Court. Before Judge Harrison.

Sullivan, Herndon Smith, John J. Sullivan, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General, Robert E. Barker, for appellee.


1. "The determination of the credibility of the witness is so exclusively within the province of the jury that the verdict finding a defendant guilty is not affected by the fact that the verdict is supported by the testimony of only one witness, whose testimony is directly in conflict with a large number of witnesses who had equal opportunity of knowing the facts, and who, so far as appears from the record, are worthy of credit." Jolly v. State, 5 Ga. App. 454 ( 63 S.E. 520).

2. The sole witness for the State testified that she was attacked and knocked to the ground by two persons of whom the defendant was one, that there was a street light directly above her, and that she had a good look at the defendant's face as he bent over to look at her. She later picked out the defendant from among six men in a police line-up, and again identified him on the trial of the case. Indubitably, whether or not she was dazed and confused at the time she was first interviewed by police officers after the robbery, contrary to her testimony on the trial, and whether under these circumstances her eyewitness identification should be accepted as true, are questions which address themselves solely to the jury.

Judgment affirmed. Nichols, P. J., and Hall, J., concur.

SUBMITTED FEBRUARY 8, 1966 — DECIDED FEBRUARY 11, 1966.


Summaries of

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Feb 11, 1966
147 S.E.2d 512 (Ga. Ct. App. 1966)
Case details for

Brown v. State

Case Details

Full title:BROWN v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Feb 11, 1966

Citations

147 S.E.2d 512 (Ga. Ct. App. 1966)
147 S.E.2d 512

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