Berryhill v. Ricketts

The appellant, Michael Gene Berryhill, was convicted of felony murder 1 and armed robbery in the Bartow Superior Court. He received the death sentence for the murder conviction and a life imprisonment sentence for the armed robbery conviction, all of which were affirmed in.his direct appeal to this court in Berryhill v. State, 235 Ga. 549 (221 SE2d 185) (1975). This is his habeas corpus appeal.

1. In enumeration of error 1, the appellant argues that he was deprived of due process of law and effective assistance of counsel because the trial court denied defense counsel’s request to reserve his…