SHEATS v. STATE

28314.

231 Ga. 362 (1973)

201 S.E.2d 420

SHEATS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denny C. Galis, for appellant.

Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, David L. G. King, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


GRICE, Presiding Justice.

Lafayette Sheats, having been denied a new trial following his conviction for attempted armed robbery and murder, appeals to this court. He, Ronnie Sims and Michael T. Arnold were indicted by the Grand Jury of Clarke County and upon separate trial Sheats was found guilty and received sentence of ten years confinement and death by electrocution. Subsequently, the trial court determined that there was no constitutionally valid penalty in this...

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