CALLAHAN v. STATE

27255.

229 Ga. 737 (1972)

194 S.E.2d 431

CALLAHAN v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben A. Garland. Edward T. M. Garland. Hester & Hester. Frank B. Hester, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton. District Attorney. Carter Goode. Joel M. Feldman, John Nuckolls. Arthur K. Bolton. Attorney General, Harold N. Hill. Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton. Assistant Attorney General. Thomas W. Greene. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GRICE, Presiding Justice.

This appeal by Matthew Callahan, Jr., is from the judgment and conviction in the Superior Court of Fulton County of murder and burglary wherein he was sentenced to death by electrocution and twenty years to follow, and it is also from the denial of his amended motion for new trial.

1. The verdict of guilty is amply supported by the evidence. There was testimony that the victim, a young, inexperienced police officer, responded to a...

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