Spurlin v. State

Hawes, Justice.

The appellant was convicted of armed robbery. He appealed to this court from the judgment of conviction and sentence, specifying 23 grounds of enumerated error. The nature of his contentions and such facts as are necessary to an understanding of the points raised will be set forth in the opinion.

1. The accused was imprisoned in the State penitentiary at Reidsville under sentence in another case. The District Attorney for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit filed with the State Board of Corrections a "detainer” under the provisions of the Act approved April 8, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p.…