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Douthit v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 16, 1979
260 S.E.2d 875 (Ga. 1979)

Opinion

35253.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 17, 1979.

DECIDED OCTOBER 16, 1979.

Extraordinary motion for new trial; murder. Cobb Superior Court. Before Judge Hames.

Millard C. Farmer, for appellant.

Tom Charron, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Ronald Douthit appeals the denial of his extraordinary motion for new trial. His conviction and death sentence for the murder of Leonard Karl Frazier were affirmed in Douthit v. State, 239 Ga. 81 ( 235 S.E.2d 493) (1977).

He asserts that his statements were presented to the jury without a determination and a proper charge as to whether or not they were voluntary.

These matters were known to his counsel at the time of trial and direct appeal. All alleged errors premised upon these matters could and should have been enumerated in his direct appeal and cannot now be raised by extraordinary motion for new trial. Goodwin v. State, 240 Ga. 605 ( 242 S.E.2d 119) (1978). The trial court has not committed error in denying his extraordinary motion for new trial.

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.


ARGUED SEPTEMBER 17, 1979 — DECIDED OCTOBER 16, 1979.


Summaries of

Douthit v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Oct 16, 1979
260 S.E.2d 875 (Ga. 1979)
Case details for

Douthit v. State

Case Details

Full title:DOUTHIT v. THE STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Oct 16, 1979

Citations

260 S.E.2d 875 (Ga. 1979)
260 S.E.2d 875

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