Banks v. State

Jordan, Justice.

This case is before this court by appeal from denial of the appellant’s motion for new trial and for mandatory review of the death sentences imposed upon the defendant in his trial by jury on two counts of murder. The defendant, Jerry Banks, was charged with committing the offenses of murder on November 7, 1974; he was indicted by a grand jury of Henry County, Georgia on January 13,1975; and following his trial by jury the death sentence was imposed on each count January 31, 1975.

I. The Evidence.

During the state’s case the following facts were developed. On November 7, 1974,…