STATE v. SOMMERVILLE

76756.

188 Ga. App. 296 (1988)

372 S.E.2d 688

THE STATE v. SOMMERVILLE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Carbo III, Solicitor, Anne Landrum, Assistant Solicitor, for appellant.

H. Burton Crews, Jr., for appellee.


CARLEY, Judge.

Appellee was charged by accusation with a violation of OCGA § 32-6-21, relating to the securing of loads on vehicles. Appellee moved to dismiss the accusation. The trial court granted appellee's motion, stating that it was doing so because there is "no punishment in the code, and where there is no punishment, there's no crime, so I'll dismiss [the accusation]." The State appeals from the trial court's grant of appellee's motion to dismiss.

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