STUBBS v. STATE

No. S95G0660.

463 S.E.2d 686 (1995)

265 Ga. 883

STUBBS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis R. Lamb, Musgrove & Lamb, Albany, for Stubbs.

Gregory W. Edwards, Asst. Dist. Atty., Albany, Britt R. Priddy, Dist. Atty., Albany, for State.


THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Stubbs v. State, 215 Ga.App. 873, 452 S.E.2d 571 (1994), to reexamine this issue: When is a trial court required to give a jury charge on circumstantial evidence in a criminal trial and what should the charge say? We reiterate our holding in previous cases: If the State's case includes both direct and circumstantial evidence, the trial court must charge...

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