Readd v. State

Quillian, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Carl Readd, appeals his conviction of the offense of cruelty to animals.

An accusation was filed against Readd charging him with a misdemeanor offense-cruelty to animals, by the killing of a dog belonging to Lynda Hulsey. Inasmuch as this was a misdemeanor, the reporting and transcribing of the evidence was within the discretion of the trial judge. Code Ann. § 6-805 (b) (Ga. L. 1965, pp. 18, 24). The defendant, through his attorney, waived his right to have a court reporter take down the proceedings. Following his conviction, a “Transcript and Stipulation…