Calhoun v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Howard Calhoun was indicted, tried, and convicted in Fulton Superior Court of the offense of rape. Thereafter he filed his motion for new trial, which was later amended to contain several special grounds. After a hearing, the motion, as amended, was denied, and the exception here is to that judgment. Held:

1. While the amended motion for new trial contains several grounds, counsel for the plaintiff in error only argues the merits of his general grounds; hence all special grounds will be considered to be abandoned. Code § 6-1308; Plummer v. State, 200 Ga. 641 (38 S. E.…