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BRANTLEY v. STATE

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120 Ga. App. 599 (1969)

171 S.E.2d 657

BRANTLEY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jess Watson, Margaret Hopkins, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Tony H. Hight, for appellee.

DEEN, Judge.

In answer to a certified question from this court the Supreme Court held in Studdard v. State, 225 Ga. 410 (169 S.E.2d 327) that to allow the jury to hear evidence of prior convictions of the accused for the purpose of imposing maximum sentence under Code Ann. § 26-2603 (C) without setting out such offenses in the indictment would be a travesty on justice, since in...

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