ROOKER v. STATE

18795.

211 Ga. 361 (1955)

86 S.E.2d 307

ROOKER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Carpenter, Ferrin Mathews, T. C. Little, for plaintiff in error.

Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, Wm. E. Spence, Charlie O. Murphy, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


HAWKINS, Justice.

Roy Thomas Rooker was indicted in Fulton Superior Court for the murder of his wife by shooting her with a rifle. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation of mercy. To the judgment denying his motion for new trial, based upon the general grounds and seventeen special grounds, the defendant excepted. Held:

1. It was not error to refuse to permit a witness who was being questioned on cross-examination about his investigation...

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