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STATE v. SMITH

46746.

259 Ga. 352 (1989)

381 S.E.2d 37

THE STATE v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Fletcher Sams, District Attorney, Sharon J. Law, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Virgil L. Brown, for appellee.

CLARKE, Presiding Justice.

OCGA § 16-1-7 proscribes multiple prosecutions for the same conduct. OCGA § 16-1-7 (b) provides that

[i]f several crimes arising from the same conduct are known to the proper prosecuting officer at the time of commencing the prosecution and are within the jurisdiction of a single court, they must be prosecuted in a single prosecution except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section.

Subsection (c) provides...

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