WITHERSPOON v. STATE

S18A0887.

818 S.E.2d 512 (2018)

WITHERSPOON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus Charles Witherspoon , GDC# 614079, Dodge State Prison, PO Box 276, Chester, Georgia 31012, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson , District Attorney, BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 369, Woodbine, Georgia 31569, Andrew J. Ekonomou , BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Glynn County Courthouse, 701 H Street, Box 301, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, for Appellee.


Rufus Charles Witherspoon appeals pro se from the denial of his motions in arrest of judgment, which he filed approximately 27 years after his convictions. Because the trial court correctly concluded that Witherspoon's motions were untimely, we affirm.

In 1990, a jury found Witherspoon guilty of two counts of felony murder...

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