DAVIS v. STATE

20796.

215 Ga. 788 (1960)

113 S.E.2d 458

DAVIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Kennedy, H. Briscoe Black, Ben R. Freeman, John K. Weeks, Claude A. Bray, Jr., G. C. Thompson, for plaintiff in error.

Wright Lipford, Solicitor-General, W. S. Allen, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, Deputy Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

Herring Davis, under an indictment charging him with the murder of George Frank Hall, Sr., by shooting him with a .22 rifle, was found guilty without a recommendation of mercy, and was sentenced to death by electrocution. His motion for new trial on the general grounds only was denied, and the bill of exceptions assigns error on this judgment. Held:

The evidence was ample to support the verdict of guilty. M. F. Hale and H. A. Poole...

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