SMITH v. STATE

21697.

218 Ga. 216 (1962)

216 S.E.2d 789

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1962.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Wisse, George Kushinka, Walker D. Burke, for plaintiff in error.

Wm. M. West, Solicitor General, Jack J. Gautier, Assistant Solicitor General, Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.


GRICE, Justice.

Sammie Lee Smith, found guilty of murder without a recommendation and sentenced, assigned error upon the denial of his motion for new trial. He was indicted by the grand jury of Houston County for the July 10, 1960, murder of Jerry Cooper and was tried in the superior court of that county on August 24 and 25, 1960.

The victim, an elderly man, was found dead in his home in the City of Perry, Houston County, on the late afternoon of July 10,...

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