BROOKINS v. STATE

22979.

221 Ga. 181 (1965)

144 S.E.2d 83

BROOKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 8, 1965.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. B. King, for plaintiff in error.

Harvey L. Jay, Solicitor General, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

On January 25, 1965, John William Brookins, a Negro, was indicted by a Crisp County grand jury for assault with intent to murder one Lucius Childers, a white man. This was the second indictment returned against the defendant, Brookins, for the same offense, the first indictment of October 26, 1964, having been dismissed by the State. The record shows that during December of 1964 the jury list and selection procedure had been revised in an effort to...

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