Staggers v. State

Full title: STAGGERS v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jun 13, 1968

118 Ga. App. 97 (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)

162 S.E.2d 737

Opinion

43696.

ARGUED JUNE 3, 1968.

DECIDED JUNE 13, 1968. REHEARING DENIED JUNE 27, 1968.

Appellate procedure. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Alverson.

Heyman Sizemore, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, J. Walter LeCraw, for appellee.

FELTON, Chief Judge.

Where the appellant fails to appeal from the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial, the judgment and rulings on the motion for a new trial become the law of the case as to the grounds of the motion. Hill v. Willis, 224 Ga. 263 ( 161 S.E.2d 281); Crowley v. State, 118 Ga. App. 7.

Under the authorities cited the judgment on the verdict is affirmed.

Judgment affirmed. Eberhardt and Whitman, JJ., concur.

ARGUED JUNE 3, 1968 — DECIDED JUNE 13, 1968 — REHEARING DENIED JUNE 27, 1968 — CERT. APPLIED FOR.