JOHNSON v. STATE

25751.

226 Ga. 378 (1970)

174 S.E.2d 902

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin L. Bridges, for appellant.

W. J. Forehand, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Charles B. Merrill, Jr., for appellee.


GRICE, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction and sentence to death for murder, and from denial of a motion for new trial. The appellant is Johnny B. Johnson, who was indicted by the Grand Jury of Worth County and tried in the superior court of that county for the slaying of James H. Emerson by shooting him with a shotgun.

The motion for new trial is upon the general grounds only.

The first enumeration of error complains of its denial...

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