MITCHELL v. STATE

64200.

162 Ga. App. 780 (1982)

293 S.E.2d 48

MITCHELL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Terry Jackson, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


QUILLIAN, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for rape and aggravated sodomy. Held:

1. The trial court did not err in failing to charge on intent as set forth in Code Ann. § 26-601 as defendant did not make a request in writing for the charge and the trial court fully charged on the essential elements of the crimes.

"It has long been a rule in this state, that it is not error, in the absence of request, to fail to charge the Code...

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