TARPKIN v. STATE

30325.

236 Ga. 67 (1976)

222 S.E.2d 364

TARPKIN et al. v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 8, 1976.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paris & Burkett, Richard J. Burkett, for appellants.

Nat Hancock, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

Appellants, Johnny and Robert Tarpkin, were found guilty of the murder of Joseph Gillespie, automobile theft and armed robbery, and were sentenced to life imprisonment and two consecutive sentences of seven and twenty years. Their motion for new trial being overruled, they now appeal to this court.

1. Appellants claim to have been denied their right to a commitment hearing prior to their indictment by the trial court's denial of their motion...

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