RICHARDSON v. STATE

17221.

207 Ga. 373 (1950)

61 S.E.2d 489

RICHARDSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. E. Scott and Davis & Friedin, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Harvey L. Jay, Solicitor-General, J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


CANDLER, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. There is no merit in the general grounds of the motion for new trial. The State's evidence, as it appears from our statement of the facts, abundantly proved the crime of murder as charged in the indictment; and this is true because a confession of guilt, when freely and voluntarily made, is direct evidence of the highest character (Eberhart v. State, 47...

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