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Butler v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 14, 1961
123 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 1961)

Opinion

39176.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 14, 1961.

Liquor violation. Cairo City Court. Before Judge Worthy.

Edwin A. Carlisle, for plaintiff in error.

Willard H. Chason, Solicitor, contra.


The conviction of the accused was founded solely on circumstantial evidence which, given its strongest intendment against him, raised a strong suspicion of his guilt, but was not sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of his guilt.

Therefore, the court erred in denying his motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed. Nichols, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 14, 1961.


Summaries of

Butler v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 14, 1961
123 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 1961)
Case details for

Butler v. State

Case Details

Full title:BUTLER v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 14, 1961

Citations

123 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 1961)
104 Ga. App. 777