WHITFIELD v. STATE

37229.

247 Ga. 367 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 568

WHITFIELD v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Autry, for appellant.

Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Michael D. Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The single jurisdictional ground of this appeal from a conviction of bribery under Code Ann. § 26-2301 (2) (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1305) is an argument that the cited Code section is unconstitutional as vague and ambiguous, and making the mere receipt of a "benefit, reward or consideration to which he is not entitled" a crime without criminal intent on the part of the receiver, as well as of the giver. The constitutionality of this statute...

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