Ray v. State

Nichols, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted and tried for the offense of murder in Gilmer Superior Court. He was convicted and given a life sentence from which he appeals and enumerates eight alleged errors.

1. The first enumeration of error complains of the admission of certain evidence consisting of bloodstained carpet removed from the premises where the deceased and defendant lived. The evidence was removed during the initial investigation at the scene, and no motion to suppress was filed as required by Code Ann. § 27-313. Probable cause existed at the time the evidence was removed…