AYERS v. STATE

20043.

214 Ga. 156 (1958)

103 S.E.2d 574

AYERS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy & Murphy, Claude V. Driver, for plaintiff in error.

Robert J. Noland, Solicitor-General, James I. Parker, Assistant Solicitor-General, Don B. Howe, Howe & Murphy, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

1. As to the general grounds, counsel for the defendant contends that the State failed to establish the corpus delicti and rely upon Warren v. State, 153 Ga. 354 (2) (112 S. E. 283), where it was said: "To sustain a conviction in a case of homicide, it is essential to prove the corpus delicti; that is, first, that the person alleged in the indictment to have been killed is actually dead, and second, that the death was caused or accomplished...

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