OGLETREE v. STATE

18006.

209 Ga. 413 (1952)

73 S.E.2d 201

OGLETREE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben A. Garland and Marvin O'Neal Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Ben B. Garland, Solicitor-General, A. M. Zellner, Hugh D. Sosebee, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, and Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


CANDLER, Justice.

1. The defendant was indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of Monroe County for the murder of James William Bell and, upon his conviction of that offense without any recommendation, was sentenced to be electrocuted. The verdict, as the record shows, is amply supported by evidence and has the approval of the trial judge; this being true, the general grounds of the motion for new trial are without merit.

2. The court charged: "Manslaughter...

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