Fair v. State

Grice, Justice.

The question here is whether one person may file one motion for new trial complaining of multiple convictions in criminal cases tried together.

That question reached us by grant of certiorari to review the holdings in the companion cases of Fair v. State, 110 Ga. App. 643 (139 SE2d 411) and Pickens v. State, 110 Ga. App. 643 (139 SE2d 412), that such motions are not authorized and should have been dismissed by the trial court.

For the right to file such motions, the defendant in each case relied upon Ga. L. 1957, pp. 224, 234 (Code Ann. § 70-313) which provides as follows:…