# Brown v. State

> Supreme Court of Georgia · August 17, 1922 · 154 Ga. 54

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5584100

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown v. State
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Georgia
- **Decided:** August 17, 1922
- **Citations:** 154 Ga. 54; 113 S.E. 161; 1922 Ga. LEXIS 305
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Hill
- **Judges:** Hill
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Hill, J.
1. In the trial of a criminal case the failure of the court to charge the law of confessions, in the absence of an appropriate and timely request, is not cause for the grant of a new trial. Benjamin v. State, 150 Ga. 78 ( 102 S. E. 427 ), and cases cited.
2. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court did not err in refusing a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices eonewr, except Gilbert, J., absent.

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