Gatlin v. State

Hall, Justice.

Bob Gatlin, Clarence Coachman and Robert Hill were jointly indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Samuel Green. Hill fired the fatal shot. Each defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment, and this is Gatlin’s appeal. The facts as they appeared at the trial are set forth in our recent opinion affirming Coachman’s conviction, Coachman v. State, 236 Ga. 473 (1976).

Gatlin raises 24 enumerations of error, most of which relate to the voir dire examination of jurors and to the court’s instructions and charges to the jury. All are without merit.

1. Enumerations 1, 5, 9, 11, 22…