Cain v. State

MIKELL, Judge.

This appeal was originally filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia, but a portion of the case was transferred to this Court on jurisdictional grounds. Cain v. State, 277 Ga. 309, 310 (1) (588 SE2d 707) (2003). In its opinion, the Supreme Court summarized the statement of the case as follows:

Marvin Cain was indicted for armed robbery, hijacking a motor vehicle, theft by receiving stolen property, malice murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On Cain’s motion, the murder charge was severed from the other charges. Two trials before two different juries were…