JOHNSON v. STATE

17929.

209 Ga. 333 (1952)

72 S.E.2d 291

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 2, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Pierce Anderson and George L. Jackson, for plaintiff in error.

C. S. Baldwin Jr., Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, and Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


WYATT, Justice.

Horace Johnson was tried and convicted of murder without a recommendation to mercy. He filed his motion for new trial, which was duly overruled. To this judgment the defendant excepted. Held:

1. In so far as the general grounds of the motion for new trial are concerned, it is necessary to say only that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.

2. Special ground four complains because the court refused to disqualify...

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