Young v. State

Candler, Justice.

Robert Young was indicted for murder in Fulton County. The indictment alleges that he killed Harold Ellington by shooting him with a pistol. He was convicted of that offense and sentenced to life imprisonment. He moved for a new trial on the usual general grounds and later amended his motion by adding four special grounds. The exception is to a judgment overruling his amended motion. Held:

1. There is no merit in the general grounds of the motion for new trial since the verdict was amply supported by evidence.

2. Special grounds 1 and 2 assign error on the court’s permitting…