JAMES v. STATE

24206.

223 Ga. 677 (1967)

157 S.E.2d 471

JAMES v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Muskett & Moore, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, George K. McPherson, J. Walter LeCraw, Amber W. Anderson, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Mathew Robins, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MOBLEY, Justice.

William Haywood James was convicted of the murder of Hulet M. Varner, Jr., with a recommendation of mercy, and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The evidence for the State showed the following: On the night of September 10, 1966, a group of Negro youths were returning from a football game, and as they were coming up Boulevard, near Ponce de Leon Avenue, in the City of Atlanta, a car described as a 1959 black and white Chevrolet with a hole...

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