Ford v. State

Grice, Chief Justice.

Joseph Anderson Ford was convicted in the Superior Court of Fulton County for the murder of Charlie Crockett, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction and sentence. Enumerated as error are the overruling of his motion for new trial on all of its grounds, including the ground that the state failed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The first error enumerated is that the trial court erred in allowing the state, over objection, to qualify prospective jurors as to the death penalty without first making some showing or giving notice to the…