Woodruff v. Balkcom

Hawkins, Justice.

Wayne E. Woodruff was convicted of murder in the Superior Court, Charlton County, Georgia, and thereafter filed his original and amended ipotion for a new trial on various grounds. To the judgment overruling the same he duly excepted, and this court, in Woodruff v. State, 204 Ga. 17 (48 S. E. 2d, 885), affirmed that judgment. After the judgment by this court, the presiding Judge of Charlton Superior Court fixed a new date of Januaiy 21, 1949, for the execution of the sentence. On or about January 15, 1949, the present counsel for the plaintiff in error, who were not the…