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BOWMAN v. STATE

54972.

144 Ga. App. 681 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 480

BOWMAN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 17, 1978.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Ross, for appellant.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Richard W. Shelton, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

BANKE, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for the theft by taking of 20 tons of soybean meal.

1. It was within the discretion of the trial judge to require defense counsel to make his opening statement before, rather than after, the state presented its case. Berryhill v. State, 235 Ga. 549 (221 S.E.2d 185) (1975). Although counsel argues that he was thereby forced to commit...

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