Golden v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

William Golden was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder, without a recommendation of mercy, in Chatham Superior Court. In substance, both the evidence and the defendant’s statement show that he shot and killed a drug-store proprietor during an attempted robbery by the accused and an accomplice. The accused admitted the shooting, but claimed that the gun accidentally discharged. The motion for new trial as amended was denied, and the exception is to that judgment. Held:

1. The jury having returned a verdict of guilty of murder without a recommendation of mercy,…