Robinson v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

This is a burglary case in which constitutional questions have been raised, thereby giving this court jurisdiction. The defendant was indicted, tried, con victed and sentenced, having filed a plea in abatement before trial. Thereafter a motion for new trial, as later amended, was filed, heard and overruled. The appeal seeks a review of this final judgment with the complaints in the plea incorporated in the amended motion for new trial. Held:

1. Georgia Laws 1967, p. 251, amends the jury selection statute {Code- Ann. § 59-106) by substituting a new selection of names…