Legal Opinion

Bailey v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1975No. 29467Published

1Opinion of the Court

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

James Greg Bailey, Jr., a/k/a Craig Bailey, was convicted of the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to serve five years in prison. He appeals to this court. Held:

Code § 59-805 provides: "Every person indicted for a crime or offense which may subject him to death or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than four years may peremptorily challenge 20 of the jurors impaneled to try him, and every person indicted for an offense which may subject him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for any time less than four years may peremptorily challenge 12 of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  2. Harvey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973

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