Legal Opinion
Sims v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1965No. 22939PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*192Duckworth, Chief Justice.
Isaac Sims, Jr., a Negro, was convicted of rape by force in the Superior Court of Charlton County and was sentenced by that court to death by electrocution. (Sims’ first conviction for this offense was reversed by this court in Sims v. Balkcom, 220 Ga. 7 (136 SE2d 766)). Sims’ amended motion for new trial having been overruled, he brings his case to this court for review. Error is assigned on the court’s orders overruling the challenge to the array, the motion to suppress illegally obtained evidence, the motion for change of venue, the pleas in abatement, the motion…
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3Cited by40 opinions
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