Maddox v. State

Beasley, Presiding Judge.

Maddox was convicted of deposit account fraud which, under OCGA § 16-9-20 (a), a person commits by making or delivering an instrument for the payment of money on any bank or other depositary in exchange for “a present consideration or wages,” knowing the drawee would not honor it.

The accusation alleged that on or about December 5, 1997, he unlawfully made and delivered a certain check in the amount of $2,000 drawn on his account at a named bank “in exchange for a present consideration, to wit: wages,” with the essential knowledge. Maddox challenges the sufficiency of…