TURNER v. STATE

29502.

233 Ga. 538 (1975)

212 S.E.2d 370

TURNER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Earl Gheesling, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carole E. Wall, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Turner appeals, arguing that his robbery conviction should be reversed because he was tried upon an indictment which did not specify the statutory provision he was accused of violating, and that subsequent to the effective date of Code Ann. § 26-601 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1269) trial upon such an indictment is unconstitutional. The argument is that Code Ann. § 26-601 providing that "A crime is a violation of a statute of this State..." has...

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