MASSEY v. STATE

22904.

220 Ga. 883 (1965)

142 S.E.2d 832

MASSEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd H. Wardlow, Jr., John R. Rogers, for plaintiff in error.

W. J. Forehand, Solicitor General, Hugh Wilson, Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.


QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. The first assignment of error contained in the bill of exceptions is to the refusal of the trial judge to accept the defendant's plea of guilty and sentence him to life imprisonment, under the provisions of Ga. L. 1956, p. 737 (Code Ann. § 27-2528), on the grounds that: "under a proper construction of said statute, it was mandatory upon the court to accept said plea of guilty and to sentence the defendant accordingly, the discretion...

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