Mosley v. State

Hawkins, Justice.

Frank Mosley was tried in Candler Superior Court under an indictment charging him with having murdered Johnny Collins, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty without a recommendation. To the judgment denying his motion for a new trial, based upon the general grounds and one special ground, the defendant excepts. The special ground of the motion for a new trial complains because the trial judge, in response to a question of the jury that, “should the defendant be found guilty with the recommendation of mercy and then he is given life, how long does he have to serve before…