ALLEN v. STATE

34568.

88 Ga. App. 200 (1953)

76 S.E.2d 531

ALLEN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Westmoreland, Jas. W. Arnold, for plaintiff in error.

Hope D. Stark, Solicitor-General, contra.


GARDNER, P. J.

Extraordinary motions for a new trial are not favored by the courts. The granting thereof rests largely within the discretion of the trial judge, and his refusal of a new trial, based on an extraordinary motion, will not be disturbed unless there has manifestly been an abuse of that discretion. See Rogers v. State, 129 Ga. 589 (59 S. E. 288). The defendant here made a motion for new trial,...

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