Pinson v. State

Ingram, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Superior Court of Coweta County. He appeals directly to this court from the conviction and bases his appeal solely upon the general grounds of a motion for new trial.

The deceased, Alonzo Hill, was last seen by his father two days before Thanksgiving Day in 1974. The father reported him as missing to the Sheriffs Department during the first week in December. The chief deputy sheriff subsequently found the deceased’s automobile at the Atlanta Airport and later found the parking ticket for it in…