JEFFERIES v. STATE

35744.

92 Ga. App. 483 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 713

JEFFERIES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 12, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley R. Asinof, for plaintiff in error.

Richard Bell, Solicitor, contra.


TOWNSEND, J.

1. An incriminatory admission or confession by a defendant in a criminal case, standing alone, is not sufficient to authorize conviction unless there is proof of the corpus delicti or other evidence aliunde tending to establish the guilt of the accused. Code § 38-402; Devore v. State, 7 Ga.App. 197 (1) (66 S. E. 484); Ransom v. State, 2 Ga.App. 826 (59 S. E. 101).

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