CHATTERTON v. STATE

23109.

221 Ga. 424 (1965)

144 S.E.2d 726

CHATTERTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 7, 1965.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Lomenick, J. Donald Bennett, for plaintiff in error.

Earl B. Self, Solicitor General, Bobby Lee Cook, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, contra.


QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. In special ground 1 of the motion for new trial the movant contends he was convicted upon perjured testimony of a named witness. He recognizes that the witness has not been convicted of perjury and that this court has held: "Even though a conviction for crime, procured by perjured evidence and known to be such by the State's prosecuting attorneys, amounts to a denial of due process of law required by the State and Federal Constitutions, yet the...

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