McLendon v. State

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

After a verdict of guilty of murder without recommendation had been affirmed by this court (McLendon v. State, 205 Ga. 55, 52 S. E. 2d, 294) and, on the hearing of an application for habeas corpus, judgment was entered holding that the sentence to death was void, in that it failed to conform to the provisions of the statute, and the defendant was remanded to the court where he was convicted with direction that he be sentenced in conformity with the law, and this judgment was affirmed by this court in McLendon v. Balkcom, 207 Ga. 100 (60 S. E. 2d, 753), the trial…