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MOODY v. STATE

55256.

145 Ga. App. 734 (1978)

245 S.E.2d 40

MOODY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Leverett, for appellant.

Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., pro se.

Clarence H. Clay, Jr., Solicitor, James M. Wootan, Mark A. Palmer, Assistant Solicitors, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for abandonment of his child. Held:

1. Error is assigned on the failure to grant defendant's demand for indictment by a grand jury. It is urged that under Code Ann. § 27-705 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 337) this right to indictment is absolute provided a demand is made.

Code Ann. § 27-705 reads: "In misdemeanor cases in which the defendant is charged with the offense of bastardy...

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