Chatham v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Chatham was convicted in the Superior Court of Coweta County of armed robbery and on appeal he enumerates five errors.

1. Chatham contends first that it was error for the trial court to deny his motion in bar of trial because he was placed in double jeopardy. This case was called for trial on March 22,1979; there was a misunderstanding between the court and counsel as to whether this case was to be tried on that date, or whether another case involving Chatham on unrelated charges was to be tried. After a lengthy discussion the defense attorney stated that he could not proceed to…