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Whitaker v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 14, 1974
211 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)

Opinion

49888.

SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 5, 1974.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 14, 1974.

Abandonment. Hall State Court. Before Judge Smith.

John N. Crudup, for appellant.

Douglas E. Smith, Solicitor, for appellee.


Defendant was tried and convicted of voluntarily abandoning his minor illegitimate child, leaving it in a dependent condition, and he now appeals. Held:

1. Enumeration of error 4 complains that the court erred in ruling out testimony from a witness that the mother of the child told the witness that someone else was the father. However, the enumeration does not correspond with the record, since the testimony was not that the mother stated that someone else was the father, but rather that the mother told the witness that "everybody" said that someone else was the father. This was obviously hearsay, and no reversible error appears in sustaining the objection, in the trial court's words, "both as to leading and as to the objection made by the state."

2. The evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, and Enumerations 1-3, complaining of the general grounds, are without merit.

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

SUBMITTED NOVEMBER 5, 1974 — DECIDED NOVEMBER 14, 1974.


Summaries of

Whitaker v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 14, 1974
211 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)
Case details for

Whitaker v. State

Case Details

Full title:WHITAKER v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 14, 1974

Citations

211 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)
211 S.E.2d 13

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