Dixon v. State

Almand, Justice.

Dixon was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and given a sentence of from eight to ten years. He thereafter filed a motion, praying that the judgment and sentence be set aside, alleging that the same were void because the verdict fixed no minimum or maximum sentence, and because the sentence was a nullity because the judge therein ordered the defendant imprisoned as ordered by the Prison Commission of Georgia, whereas there was no such Prison Commission, the same having been abolished prior to the indictment of the defendant. The motion alleged that the movant had been…