Coles v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Chester Coles was tried before a jury and on June 3, 1983, was found guilty of one count of murder and one count of violating OCGA § 16-11-131, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On direct appeal, his convictions were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Georgia. Coles v. State, 253 Ga. 12 (315 SE2d 655). On April 24, 1996, defendant, proceeding as a pauper, filed a pro se motion asking that the respondent Juanita Hicks, Clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton County, be required to furnish and produce “at government expense a true and correct copy of…