HENDERSON v. STATE

17830.

209 Ga. 238 (1952)

71 S.E.2d 628

HENDERSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 9, 1952.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Duke, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, R. L. Addleton, Assistant Attorney-General, Boykin & Boykin, Shirley Boykin, John J. Flynt, Solicitor-General, and Wright Lipford, Solicitor-General, contra.


WYATT, Justice.

1. When this case was first here, it was held that the fact that the jury was "authorized to find that, on the night of the killing, the defendant owned the pistol from which the bullets were fired that killed the deceased," was not sufficient to authorize a conviction. In that case, Justice Almand, writing for the court, points out very clearly why the evidence adduced upon the trial was not legally sufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty.

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