Strickland v. State

209 Ga. 675 (1953)

75 S.E.2d 6

STRICKLAND

v.

THE STATE.

18129.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued February 9, 1953.

Decided March 9, 1953.

Robert J. Duffey, for plaintiff in error.

Andrew J. Ryan Jr., Solicitor-General, Sylvan A. Garfunkel, Thomas M. Johnson Jr., Assistant Solicitors-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, and Rubye G. Jackson, contra.

CANDLER, Justice.

A grand jury in the Superior Court of Chatham County indicted Robert Remer Strickland, charging him with the murder of James Lawton Lewis. He was convicted of that offense, without recommendation, and in Strickland v. State, 209 Ga. 65 (70…