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PIERCE v. STATE

19120.

212 Ga. 88 (1955)

90 S.E.2d 417

PIERCE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Y. A. Henderson, R. F. Chance, for plaintiff in error.

Erwin Mitchell, Solicitor-General, J. B. Langford, Henry L. Barnett, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.

MOBLEY, Justice.

Willie Lee Pierce was indicted for the murder of his wife, Azzie, by shooting her with a pistol. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation for mercy. The exception is to a judgment denying the defendant's amended motion for new trial. Held:

1. The 11th and 12th special grounds of the motion for new trial complain that the trial court erred in permitting a deputy sheriff to testify that the defendant had been drinking...

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