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WHITFIELD v. STATE

42389.

115 Ga. App. 231 (1967)

154 S.E.2d 294

WHITFIELD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 24, 1967.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace W. Thomas, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Solicitor General, J. Roger Thompson, J. Walter LeCraw, Amber W. Anderson, for appellee.

DEEN, Judge.

1. "A commitment hearing is a valuable right which the law gives to one accused of crime," and failure to hold an examination before a committing officer where the defendant has been arrested and held in jail without bail, and where there is no intelligent and voluntary waiver of such hearing prior to indictment may result, depending on the circumstances of the case, in voiding all subsequent proceedings...

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