CALHOUN v. STATE

18347.

210 Ga. 180 (1953)

78 S.E.2d 425

CALHOUN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 15, 1953.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Welborn B. Davis, Jr., Henry N. Payton, for plaintiff in error.

Wright Lipford, Solicitor-General, J. L. Glover, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


ALMAND, Justice.

Under an indictment charging Robert Calhoun with the murder of James McGinty by shooting him with a loaded pistol, Calhoun was found guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted. His motion for new trial, on the general grounds and six special grounds, being overruled, he brings the case here, assigning error on the order denying his motion for new trial.

On the trial, J. H. Potts, a deputy sheriff of Coweta County, testified that about two hours...

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