ROSBOROUGH v. STATE

17982.

209 Ga. 362 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 717

ROSBOROUGH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Cramer, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan Jr., Solicitor-General, Sylvan A. Garfunkel, Thomas M. Johnson Jr., Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, and J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. On the trial of one charged with a particular crime, evidence which tends to show that the accused has committed another crime wholly independent from that for which he is on trial, even though it be a crime of the same sort, is irrelevant and inadmissible. Williams v. State, 152 Ga. 498 (110 S. E. 286); Cawthon v. State, 119 Ga. 395 (46 S. E. 897); Frank v. State, 141 Ga. 243 (80 S. E. 1016);...

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