Fulford v. State

Mobley, Justice.

The appellant, John C. Fulford, was convicted in Fulton Superior Court of robbery by use of an offensive weapon and sentenced to 10 years in prison. His motion for new trial was denied by the trial court and on appeal to this court was affirmed. Fulford v. State, 221 Ga. 257 (144 SE2d 370). He thereafter mailed to the trial judge an extraordinary motion to vacate and set aside the judgment and sentence on the ground of newly discovered evidence and attached to his motion an affidavit of a fellow prisoner, who was serving a sentence for robbery in which he stated that he…