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CROSS v. STATE

47984.

128 Ga. App. 837 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 338

CROSS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 6, 1973.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rich, Bass, Kidd & Broome, Robert K. Broome, Casper Rich, William F. C. Skinner, Jr., Bryan M. Cavan, for appellant.

Richard Bell, District Attorney, M. Randall Peek, for appellee.

HALL, Presiding Judge.

The prohibitions found in Code Ann. § 26-3001 on "Unlawful Eavesdropping and Surveillance" are inapposite here because they logically relate to one who is not a party to the conversation itself. One does not "intercept" or "overhear" a conversation that is made directly to him. He is not an eavesdropper nor does he have the conversation under "surveillance." See "Eavesdropping," Black's Law Dictionary and

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