Herlong v. State

James Gandy and James Herlong, Jr. were indicted, tried and convicted for murder. Each received a life sentence. Herlong filed the present appeal.

1. Charlie Davis, a retired railroad employee and bootlegger, left his home, where he lived with his wife in Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia, at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 1974. When he failed to return home the following morning, his wife began searching for him. At approximately 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon his wife and her nephew sighted the automobile he had left home in the night before approximately one and one-half miles from his home…