Baker v. State

236 Ga. 754 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 269

BAKER

v.

THE STATE.

30834.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted February 16, 1976.

Decided April 20, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1976.

Hatcher & Cook, Donald E. Strickland, for appellant.

William S. Lee, District Attorney, Loring A. Gray, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James L. Mackay, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HALL, Justice.

The main question raised by Baker in this appeal from his murder conviction is the scope of the word "felony" in Georgia's felony murder statute. Code Ann. § 26-1101 (b).

Baker was indicted…