LANE v. STATE

S93A1198, S93A1940.

263 Ga. 517 (1993)

436 S.E.2d 9

LANE v. THE STATE (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan C. DeVorsey, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Barry I. Mortge, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, for appellee.


CLARKE, Chief Justice.

In December 1989, the appellant, Jimmy Harry Lane, was convicted of the malice murder of Chris B. Bradley, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The appellant filed neither a motion for new trial nor a notice of appeal. In December 1990, the appellant filed a motion in the trial court, seeking to obtain trial documents which would assist him in pursuing "post-conviction relief." The trial court denied the motion, noting that such documents were...

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