THORNTON v. STATE

51196.

136 Ga. App. 655 (1975)

222 S.E.2d 158

THORNTON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin M. Saginar, for appellant.

Leonard Cohen, William E. Frey, Solicitor, for appellee.


PANNELL, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was accused of the offense of child abandonment on June 3, 1974. He was tried before a jury on October 8, 1974, and was acquitted. On November 18, 1974, the defendant was again charged with abandonment of the same child for the thirty day period immediately preceding the accusation. In response to the second accusation, the defendant interposed a plea of autrefois acquit, in which he pleaded former jeopardy and acquittal as...

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