In re Crane

Full title: In re CRANE

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Mar 8, 1985

328 S.E.2d 574 (Ga. Ct. App. 1985)

328 S.E.2d 574

Opinion

68356.

DECIDED MARCH 8, 1985.

Contempt. DeKalb State Court. Before Judge Carlisle.

Phillip J. Walsh, for appellant.

Ralph T. Bowden, Jr., Solicitor, Linda S. Finley, Assistant Solicitor, George P. Dillard, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

This court entered a judgment in the above-styled case at 171 Ga. App. 31 ( 318 S.E.2d 709) (1984), affirming the judgment of the trial court. The judgment of this court was reversed on certiorari by the Supreme Court in In re Crane, 253 Ga. 667 ( 324 S.E.2d 443) (1985), which overruled Pedigo v. Celanese Corp. of America, 205 Ga. 392 ( 54 S.E.2d 252) (1949), and its progeny holding that henceforth the standard of proof in criminal contempt cases is the beyond-reasonable-doubt standard rather than the preponderance-of-evidence standard. The judgment of this court heretofore rendered is vacated and the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this court.

Judgment reversed. McMurray, P. J., and Sognier, J., concur.

DECIDED MARCH 8, 1985.