SCOGGINS v. STATE

38597.

103 Ga. App. 55 (1961)

118 S.E.2d 275

SCOGGINS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Gostin, Frank G. Wilson, for plaintiff in error.

Clarence H. Clay, Jr., Solicitor, Harry F. Thompson, Assistant Solicitor, contra.


TOWNSEND, Presiding Judge.

1. "An incriminating statement, to be the equivalent of a confession of guilt, must be so comprehensive as to include every act necessary to be proved by the prosecution in order to establish the defendant's guilt, and where the statement amounts only to an incriminatory admission, it is error for the trial judge to give in charge the law as it relates to confessions of guilt. Owens v. State, 120 Ga. 296 (48 S. E. 21)." Lee v....

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