BURKE v. STATE

34267.

86 Ga. App. 891 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 777

BURKE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen Anderson, for plaintiff in error.

Walton Usher, Solicitor-General, contra.


CARLISLE, J.

1. Direct and positive testimony which is given by an unimpeached witness as to the existence of a fact (a witness' identification of the defendant in a criminal case) within his own knowledge, which is not in itself incredible, impossible, or inherently improbable, and which is not contradicted directly or by proof of facts or circumstances that could be taken as incompatible with such testimony can not be arbitrarily rejected by a jury or other trior...

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