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FIELDS v. STATE

19428.

212 Ga. 652 (1956)

94 S.E.2d 694

FIELDS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1956.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. E. B. Stewart, for plaintiff in error.

Roy Leathers, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.

WYATT, Presiding Justice.

1. "Extraordinary motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence are not favored by the law. Where, as in this case, the accused has been convicted, a new trial denied him, and that judgment has been affirmed (Patterson v. State, 206 Ga. 260, 56 S.E.2d 501, 339 U.S. 916. 70 Sup. Ct. 563, 94 L. ed. 1341), an extraordinary motion for new trial on the...

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