GOLDEN v. STATE

19757.

213 Ga. 481 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 882

GOLDEN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Rahal, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor-General, Sylvan A. Garfunkel, Thos. M. Johnson, Jr., Assistant Solicitors-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

William Golden was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, without a recommendation of mercy, in Chatham Superior Court. In substance, both the evidence and the defendant's statement show that he shot and killed a drug-store proprietor during an attempted robbery by the accused and an accomplice. The accused admitted the shooting, but claimed that the gun accidentally discharged. The motion for new trial as amended was denied, and the exception...

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