HYATT v. STATE

42842.

116 Ga. App. 18 (1967)

156 S.E.2d 147

HYATT v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McGuigan, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, J. Walter LeCraw, Paul Ginsberg, Amber W. Anderson, for appellee.


BELL, Presiding Judge.

In appealing his conviction and sentence for larceny of an automobile, the defendant rests his case on the single contention that the State introduced his character in issue when he had not.

The defendant, in open court electing to be sworn as a witness against advice of his counsel, on direct examination testified that "This is the second time I ever sat in one of these chairs. . . I have kept my record clean . . . I have drank a little...

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