Bryant v. State

Jordan, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction of murder and a life sentence. Appellant appeals the overruling of his motion for new trial on the general grounds and on the trial court’s failure to conduct an examination to determine the competence of a state witness.

On the evening of March 27, 1975, the victim, seventy-two-year-old William Voyles, and his wife were in their home in Chattooga County, Georgia. Ethel Brown, who had been hired to take care of an ailing Mrs. Voyles, was also in the home that evening. Mrs. Voyles was sitting in the living room and Mrs. Brown was working in the…