Spence v. State

238 Ga. 399 (1977)

233 S.E.2d 363

SPENCE

v.

THE STATE.

31880.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued January 25, 1977.

Decided February 22, 1977.

John Thomas Chason, for appellant.

John T. Perren, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, G. Stephen Parker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of an extraordinary motion for new trial filed by Spence two years after his murder conviction, on the ground that he had just learned that the jury foreman was the father of the police officer who investigated the case for the state and appeared as one…