WALKER v. STATE

17447.

208 Ga. 99 (1951)

65 S.E.2d 403

WALKER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 14, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin D. Pierce Jr., Robert L. Russell Jr., J. Julian Bennett, and W. L. Erwin, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Hope D. Stark, Solicitor-General, and Frank B. Stow, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

1. The State relied upon circumstantial evidence to establish the guilt of the defendant. The jury was authorized to find that the defendant inflicted the fatal wounds upon the deceased, and that the proved facts were sufficient to "exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused." Code, § 38-109.

2. The evidence on the issue of insanity was in sharp conflict. The credibility

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