Atkins v. State

Webb, Judge.

The question presented by these cases is whether, in the light of Wade v. State, 231 Ga. 131, 133 (2) (200 SE2d 271), Mathis v. State, 231 Ga. 401, 404 (3) (202 SE2d 73), Gandy v. State, 232 Ga. 105 (205 SE2d 243), Creamer v. State, 232 Ga. 136, 139 (6) (205 SE2d 240), Shockley v. State, 232 Ga. 154 (205 SE2d 246), Sinkfield v. State, 130 Ga. App. 389 (4) (203 SE2d 708), and Reynolds v. State, 132 Ga. App. 89, the trial court is authorized, subsequent to trial, conviction, sentence and judgment, to empanel a new jury and submit to it the question of whether the sentences…