Cromer v. State

Hall, Justice.

In a nighttime altercation in the back yard of relatives of his estranged wife, Cromer killed one sheriffs deputy and wounded another when three deputies sought to arrest him pursuant to a peace warrant and a telephone call reporting a disturbance. Cromer was convicted of murder, sentenced to life imprisonment, and brings this belated appeal by permission. See Cromer v. Allen, 237 Ga. 384 (228 SE2d 795) (1976).

Both surviving officers testified that Deputy Holloway announced to Cromer as they approached with flashlights that they were deputies with a warrant for his arrest.…