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Ward v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 19, 1983
300 S.E.2d 193 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

65294.

DECIDED JANUARY 19, 1983.

Drug violation. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Hicks.

William D. Smith, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Chris Jensen, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Calvin Ward was convicted of selling marijuana in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and sentenced to serve five years. He filed his notice of appeal on June 18, 1982. Pursuant to Rule 27 (a) and Rule 14 of this court, on October 12, 1982, counsel for Ward was directed to file an enumeration of errors and brief not later than the end of the working day of October 18, 1982 or suffer dismissal. No enumerations of error or brief have been filed to this date in support of the notice of appeal notwithstanding the order of this court. It is apparent therefore that the appeal has been abandoned. See Henry v. State, 162 Ga. App. 108 ( 290 S.E.2d 210).

Nevertheless, considering the fact that Ward has suffered the loss of his freedom, rather than order dismissal, we have carefully examined the record and transcript to preclude any prejudice to the rights of the appellant Ward. Our examination of the file disclosed no harmful error. Moreover, the evidence presented to the jury was of a nature and quantity to satisfy any reasonable trier of fact of Ward's guilt of selling marijuana to an undercover agent beyond any reasonable doubt. See Baldwin v. State, 153 Ga. App. 35, 37 ( 264 S.E.2d 528).

In the absence of any harmful error and in the face of the abandonment of the appeal because of the failure to file any enumeration of error or brief, we will affirm the judgment. Mosely v. Mosely, 244 Ga. 208 ( 259 S.E.2d 462).

Judgment affirmed. McMurray, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 19, 1983.


Summaries of

Ward v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 19, 1983
300 S.E.2d 193 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Ward v. State

Case Details

Full title:WARD v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 19, 1983

Citations

300 S.E.2d 193 (Ga. Ct. App. 1983)
300 S.E.2d 193

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