Hayes v. State

Evans, Judge.

Defendant was arrested and indicted for the crime of burglary. Having been tried and found guilty, he was sentenced to six years. Defendant appeals.

1. Defendant urges that taking the plea of a co-defendant in the presence of the entire jury panel from which the jury was to be selected was error. In Gray v. State, 13 Ga. App. 374 (79 SE 223), it is squarely held that a guilty plea of a jointly-indicted defendant is not admissible in evidence. How could the facts have been better placed before the jury than to allow the co-defendant to plead guilty in the presence of the jurors?…