Legal Opinion
Blevins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 1965No. 22821PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
James Melvin Blevins was indicted on August 22, 1963, for the murder of Carolyn Newell. The indictment charges that he murdered her on April 14, 1963, in Walker County. He was convicted of that offense without a recommendation for mercy and was sentenced to be electrocuted. His motion for a new trial was overruled and he excepted to that judgment. There are also exceptions to antecedent rulings which will be dealt with in the opinion. Held:
1. Code Ann. § 59-212 declares that “All grand jurors in the courts of this State shall be disqualified to act or serve, in any case or…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Sims v. BalkcomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Cobb v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Lyens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Pass v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Henderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- James Lee Spencer v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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