Littles v. Balkcom

Defendant Charles A. Littles is serving a life sentence for the murder of Mary Virginia Reid.

According to the evidence submitted at trial, the victim was shot in the head on August 12,1974. She died four months later from pulmonary embolus, after identifying Littles as her assailant to two witnesses at the scene and testifying at his committal hearing on the charge of aggravated assault. Littles’ conviction for murder was affirmed in Littles v. State, 236 Ga. 651 (224 SE2d 918) (1976). In April, 1979, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied. We granted his…