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DUKES v. STATE

40581.

109 Ga. App. 825 (1964)

137 S.E.2d 532

DUKES v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Jennings, for plaintiff in error.

Jack J. Gautier, Solicitor General, Fred M. Hasty, Assistant Solicitor General, contra.

RUSSELL, Judge.

1. The first special ground of the motion for a new trial complains of the violation of Code Ann. § 27-212 which requires that any person not conveyed before a person authorized to issue a warrant within 48 hours shall be released, and no imprisonment shall be legal beyond a reasonable time allowed for this purpose. What is a reasonable time is a question of fact and it may well be less than 48 hours, the statutory outer limit of reasonableness...

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