Opinion
54907.
SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 9, 1977.
DECIDED JANUARY 4, 1978.
Aggravated sodomy. Clayton Superior Court. Before Judge Emeritus Morgan.
David D. Blum, Fred A. Gilbert, for appellant.
Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, John P. Quinlan, Clifford A. Sticher, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
The appellant appeals his conviction for aggravated sodomy. The sufficiency of the evidence is not at issue.
1. It was not error to refuse to grant a motion for continuance based on the absence of any record of the committal hearing. "There is no requirement that an appellant be furnished with an abstract of any evidence at a committal hearing ( Brown v. State, 223 Ga. 76 (9) ( 153 S.E.2d 709) or a transcript of the evidence taken in a hearing by a court of inquiry. Cummings v. State, 226 Ga. 46, 47 (1) ( 172 S.E.2d 395)." Chenault v. State, 234 Ga. 216 (3), 221 ( 215 S.E.2d 223) (1975).
2. Contrary to the appellant's contentions, the record does not indicate that the trial court permitted hearsay testimony, that the assistant district attorney expressed to the jury a personal opinion or belief as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, or that the state introduced evidence of good character on the part of one of its witnesses.
3. "The trial court's determination of the competency of a witness to testify will not be overturned unless it positively appears from the record that there has been an abuse of discretion by the trial court in its determination of competency. Edwards v. State, 226 Ga. 811 ( 177 S.E.2d 668)." Geter v. State, 231 Ga. 615, 617 ( 203 S.E.2d 195) (1974). No such abuse appears here.
4. The remaining enumerations of error are deemed abandoned due to the appellant's failure to provide argument or authority in support thereof. Court of Appeals Rule 18 (c) (2); Peluso v. State, 139 Ga. App. 433 ( 228 S.E.2d 395) (1976); Adams v. State, 142 Ga. App. 252 ( 235 S.E.2d 667) (1977).
Judgment affirmed. Shulman and Birdsong, JJ., concur.