RILES v. STATE

60101.

155 Ga. App. 586 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 718

RILES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Keever, Mickey R. Thacker, for appellant.

Charles Crawford, District Attorney, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

James Robert Riles, Jr. was convicted of theft by taking. He appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for a new trial and enumerates as error the verdict as being strongly against the weight of the evidence; the denial of his motion for a continuance based on surprise; the refusal to charge the jury on alibi; and the failure to grant a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. We reverse.

The indictment charged appellant with...

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