HOBBS v. STATE

27321.

229 Ga. 556 (1972)

192 S.E.2d 903

HOBBS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 5, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Jackson, John H. Ruffin, Jr., for appellant.

Ben Miller, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorney General, Daniel I. MacIntyre, for appellee.


HAWES, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed, enumerating as error the overruling by the trial court of his motion challenging the constitutionality of Code Ann. § 26-1302 and the overruling of his motion for a new trial.

1. With respect to the first ground of enumerated error, appellant contends that the imposition of a sentence of death under the circumstances of this case is a violation...

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