Musgrove v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Musgrove v. State

195 S.E.2d 407, 230 Ga. 46, 1973 Ga. LEXIS 805

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 5, 1973

Docket27401

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Musgrove v. State, 195 S.E.2d 407, 230 Ga. 46, 1973 Ga. LEXIS 805 (Ga. 1973).

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Opinion

*46 GUNTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for armed robbery in the trial court.

The only error enumerated is that during the sentencing phase of the trial the State was allowed to introduce in evidence a record of a prior conviction of the appellant for the offense of murder over his objection.

The objection was that the record of prior conviction introduced was not properly certified.

Attached to the record introduced in evidence was a certificate of the deputy clerk of the Superior Court of Decatur County which stated that the attached record was a true and accurate copy of the original in that office. The certificate also contained the following statement: "Given under my hand and the seal of this Court, this 12th day of May, 1972.”

Such certification was sufficient and legal so as to admit the record of prior conviction in evidence during the sentencing phase of the trial. See Code § 38-601 and McIntyre v. Balkcom, 229 Ga. 81 (189 SE2d 445).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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