Ford v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Murder in the second degree: sentence one hundred twenty-five years imprisonment.

The State’s evidence tended to show that on the night of January 10, 1973, defendant Eddie Ford, Jr., drove from Columbus, Georgia, with three companions to Hurtsboro.

In Hurtsboro, the group broke and entered an establishment called Goldstein’s, and returned with their booty to Columbus, Georgia. After unloading the goods from the car and storing them in a motel room, the group decided to return to Hurtsboro.

During the second trip, Officer Algie Long of the Hurtsboro Police sought to…