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JOHNSON v. STATE

25811.

226 Ga. 511 (1970)

175 S.E.2d 840

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 9, 1970.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Zell, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carter Goode, J. Melvin England, Tony H. Hight, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon, William R. Childers, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

MOBLEY, Presiding Justice.

The defendant (appellant here) was indicted for murder, was tried and convicted without recommendation, and sentenced to death. The appeal is from the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, which is enumerated as error. Nine other assignments of error are made.

1. The trial court excused 16 jurors for cause on the ground that they would not inflict the death penalty regardless of...

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