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SAMSELL v. STATE

23444.

222 Ga. 235 (1966)

149 S.E.2d 367

SAMSELL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 26, 1966.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Donald Bennett, for appellant.

Earl B. Self, Solicitor General, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

MOBLEY, Justice.

The defendant, Tommy Samsell, was indicted and tried at the August, 1965, term of Walker Superior Court for the murder of Newborn Bolt by shooting him with a shotgun. The defendant was found guilty of murder with recommendation of mercy and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds only, which was overruled by the trial judge. The appeal is from that judgment. He enumerates as error the overruling...

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