Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 27, 1970No. 45062PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Evans, Judge.

1. Where, as here, the only written demand made by defendant and his counsel was the addition of the word “demands” to his waiver of formal arraignment in which his request then read: “Demands . . . list of witnesses sworn before the grand jury, and pleads not guilty,” and he was furnished exactly what he demanded, that is—the witnesses sworn before the grand jury—no reversible error is shown. See Code Ann. § 27-1403 (Ga. L. 1966, pp. 430, 43Í); Prather v. State, 223 Ga. 721 (157 SE2d 734); Jones v. State, 224 Ga. 283 (161 SE2d 302). Whether or not the list of witnesses on whose…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  2. Pittman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  3. Prather v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  4. Williams v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1959

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Yeomans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970

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