Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 13, 1957No. 19642PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
1. The Constitution, art. I, sec. Ill, par. II (Code, Ann., § 2-302), provides that no ex post facto or retroactive law shall be passed. See also Code § 102-104. The term ex post facto refers to criminal statutes. Wilder v. Lumpkin, 4 Ga. 208; Boston & Gunby v. Cummins, 16 Ga. 102 (60 Am. D. 717); Welborn v. Akin, 44 Ga. 420, 425; Bussey v. Bishop, 169 Ga. 251, 256 (150 S. E. 78, 67 A. L. R. 287).
The act approved March 17, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 800), amending the statute defining abandonment (Code § 74-9902), so as to include illegitimate children, is not in any sense being…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bussey v. BishopSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Boston & Gunby v. CumminsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
- Wilder v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Welborn v. AkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
3Cited by10 opinions
- Goolsby v. Regents of University SystemCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Bailey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
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