LEDFORD v. STATE

39857, 39858, 39859, 39860.

107 Ga. App. 244 (1963)

129 S.E.2d 555

LEDFORD v. THE STATE (two cases). COKER v. THE STATE. HALL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin R. Kimzey, for plaintiffs in error.

Ben F. Carr, Solicitor General, Jeff C. Wayne, Solicitor General, (from Northeast Circuit), contra.


FRANKUM, Judge.

1. Each motion for a change of venue in these cases was based upon two grounds: (1) danger of mob violence against movant, and (2) inability of obtaining an impartial jury in the county where the crime was alleged to have been committed.

As to the first contention the rule is that if the evidence in support of the motion shows a reasonable probability of mob violence being committed against a defendant in the county where the crime was allegedly...

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