Legal Opinion
Pitts v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 30, 1985No. 42151PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gregory, Justice.
The appellant, Carlton Pitts, was convicted of murder in Bibb Superior Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. This court affirmed his conviction. Pitts v. State, 253 Ga. 461 (321 SE2d 708) (1984). The appellant brings this direct appeal from the trial court’s order denying his Extraordinary Motion for New Trial.
Effective July 1, 1984, OCGA § 5-6-35 was amended to require applications to appeal orders denying extraordinary motions for new trial when separate from an original appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (7), Ga. L. 1984, p. 599. We have rendered a decision applying this…
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