PIERCE v. STATE

28292.

231 Ga. 731 (1974)

204 S.E.2d 159

PIERCE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Leaphart, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


INGRAM, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His amended motion for a new trial was overruled by the trial court and this appeal presents for consideration several enumerations of error allegedly committed in the trial court requiring a new trial. Held:

1. The denial of a motion for psychiatric examination, filed on behalf of appellant in the trial court, is first asserted as error. The record discloses that...

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