FOSTER v. STATE

42712.

255 Ga. 425 (1986)

339 S.E.2d 256

FOSTER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hester & Hester, Frank B. Hester, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

Willie James Foster was convicted of the offenses of murder and armed robbery in a jury trial in Fulton Superior Court. He appeals from the conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial enumerating as error, on due process grounds, the refusal of the trial court to grant a mistrial because one juror slept during part of the court's charge. Because Foster failed to timely move the court below for relief, we affirm.

On August 25, 1983...

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