Cobb v. State

Clarke, Justice.

Willie Cobb is appealing two convictions for having issued bad checks in payment of an existing debt for automobile rentals. In his appeal, he attacks the constitutionality of Code Ann. § 26-1704 (f).

Code Ann. § 26-1704 provides that a person commits criminal issuance of a bad check when he gives a check in exchange for a present consideration or wages knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee. Subsection (f), which is under attack here, says: “[F]or purposes of this section, ‘present consideration’ shall include without limitation an obligation or debt of rent which…