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FERGUSON v. STATE

21661.

218 Ga. 173 (1962)

126 S.E.2d 798

FERGUSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 11, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. H. Leatherwood, Sr., for plaintiff in error.

Dan Winn, Solicitor General, John T. Perren, Assistant Solicitor General, Robert J. Noland, Eugene B. Brown, Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.

HEAD, Presiding Justice.

Billy Ferguson was indicted for the murder of Luke A. Brown, and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death by electrocution. On review his conviction was affirmed by this court. Ferguson v. State, 215 Ga. 117 (109 S.E.2d 44). Subsequently the judgment of affirmance by this court was reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States. Ferguson v. State of Georgia...

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