Supreme Court of Georgia· 1/19/1972
Avera v. State
Citations
- 228 Ga. 571
- 186 S.E.2d 867
- 1972 Ga. LEXIS 846
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- defendant’s admission “to the effect that he had shot the deceased was direct evidence of the fact”
- defendant's admission \to the effect that he had shot the deceased was direct evidence of the fact\
- defendant’s admission shortly after a shooting occurred “to the effect that he had shot the deceased was direct evidence of the fact, and thus the conviction does not rest wholly upon circumstantial evidence”
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Judges: Hawes
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5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Strickland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1928-12-11· cited 62×
- Fields v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1965-09-09· cited 39×
- Bowen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1935-11-14· cited 22×
- Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1900-01-31· cited 21×
- Greer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1924-10-15· cited 16×
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