Summerlin v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for murder. Before Judge Parker. Coffee superior court. Mareb 21, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
Joe Summerlin was convicted’ of the murder of Leon Mancil and recommended to lifé imprisonment. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepts.
*7921. On the hearing of the motion for new trial the movant presented an amendment alleging certain special grounds as cause for setting aside the verdict. The court declined to approve the recitals .of fact contained in the first, second, third, and fourth, grounds, but allowed them subject to proof to be submitted by the movant. In his bill of exceptions there is a recital that the affidavits of certain affiants were considered by the judge in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Glover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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