Crowder v. State

237 Ga. 141 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 230

CROWDER

v.

THE STATE.

30858.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued March 9, 1976.

Decided June 29, 1976.

Joseph M. Salome, Robert S. Windholz, for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, Leonard W. Rhodes, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, James L. Mackay, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

Defendant Claude Thomas Crowder, Claude Berry, and Ava Johnson were indicted on November 12, 1974, for the murder of Ruth Park Crowder, the defendant's wife. Mrs. Crowder was found on May 28, 1974, in bed, murdered with an ax. At the trial co-indictee Ava…