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JARRARD v. STATE

16842.

206 Ga. 112 (1949)

55 S.E.2d 706

JARRARD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 12, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Collins and B. Frank Whelchel, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Jeff C. Wayne, Solicitor-General, Frank B. Stow, Assistant Attorney-General, and Howard T. Overby, contra.

HAWKINS, Justice.

Claude Jarrard was indicted, tried, and convicted of the murder of William Turner, and sentenced to electrocution. The defenses relied upon by the defendant were insanity and justifiable homicide, acting under the fears of a reasonable man. To the overruling of his motion for a new trial as amended, based upon the general grounds and 24 special grounds, the defendant excepted. Held:

1. No proper foundation having been laid for the...

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