COOK v. STATE

34041.

242 Ga. 657 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 230

COOK v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 7, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elsie Higgs Griner, for appellant.

Vickers Neugent, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Nicholas G. Dumich, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


HILL, Justice.

Joe B. Cook was found guilty of murder of his wife and was sentenced by the court to life in prison. One of his enumerations of error warrants discussion. He contends that it was a violation of Code Ann. § 59-718.1 to permit the jury to disperse during the presentation of the state's case in chief at the sentencing trial in this capital case.

The district attorney had given notice of aggravating circumstances and thus had given notice of...

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