Pope v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pope v. State, 144 Ga. 165 (Ga. 1915)
86 S.E. 542; 1915 Ga. LEXIS 100
Lumpkin
Pope v. State
Opinion of the Court
1. When three persons were indicted for murder, and elected to be tried together, and a panel of forty-eight jurors was put upon them, they were not entitled to have forty-eight jurors for each defendant put upon them before beginning to strike. Lynn v. State, 140 Ga. 387 (79 S. E. 29).
(a) This ruling does not affect the number of strikes to which the defendants were entitled.
2. Under the evidence, manslaughter was not involved in the case.
3. There was no abuse of discretion in denying a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
Judgment affirmed.
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