Griffin v. State

Full title: GRIFFIN v. THE STATE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: May 12, 1972

190 S.E.2d 553 (Ga. Ct. App. 1972)

190 S.E.2d 553

Opinion

47082.

SUBMITTED APRIL 7, 1972.

DECIDED MAY 12, 1972.

Forgery. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge McKenzie.

Glenn Zell, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joel M. Feldman, Carter Goode, James H. Mobley, Jr., for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Judge.

The defendant was tried and convicted of forgery. There was an appeal and the case is here for review. Held:

1. The first enumeration of error contends that the court committed reversible error in allowing the prosecutor to read two separate indictments to the jury. Assuming but not deciding that this was error, it was not harmful in the case sub judice because evidence as to the contents of the indictment was subsequently properly admitted in evidence to show motive and scheme. Morris v. State, 228 Ga. 39, 46 ( 184 S.E.2d 82). Code Ann. § 38-1713 (Ga. L. 1971, p. 460) does not apply to the instant situation. 2. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict.

Judgment affirmed. Hall, P. J., and Pannell, J., concur.

SUBMITTED APRIL 7, 1972 — DECIDED MAY 12, 1972.