Stamper v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Robert Lansing Stamper, Jr., was indicted for the murder of Greta Gay Block, also known as Greta Worrell, by striking her with a blunt instrument unknown to the grand jury. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended.

The child was three years old. Her death occurred on August 21,1974, at 5 p.m. at Grady Hospital in Atlanta.

On August 19,1974, at about 10 p.m. an emergency unit from the DeKalb County Fire Department responded to a call and found a nude child (the deceased) lying on the foot of a bed with…