STAMPER v. STATE

29960.

235 Ga. 165 (1975)

219 S.E.2d 140

STAMPER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Weltner, for appellant.

Calvin Leipold, Edward H. Kellogg, Assistant District Attorneys, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

Robert Lansing Stamper, Jr., was indicted for the murder of Greta Gay Block, also known as Greta Worrell, by striking her with a blunt instrument unknown to the grand jury. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended.

The child was three years old. Her death occurred on August 21, 1974, at 5 p. m. at Grady Hospital in Atlanta.

On August 19, 1974, at about 10...

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