Legal Opinion
Corson v. Hames
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 30, 1977No. 53018Published
1Opinion of the Court
141 Ga. App. 751 (1977)
234 S.E.2d 412
CORSON
v.
HAMES.
53018.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Submitted November 2, 1976.
Decided March 30, 1977.
Charles E. Clark, for appellant.
George W. Darden, District Attorney, W. Michael B. Stoddard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
SMITH, Judge.
Amy Ruth Corson, defendant in the trial court, was convicted for contempt in Cobb County Superior Court and sentenced to 20 days confinement.
There are two issues presented on appeal.
A. Did the trial court order Corson to testify to matters that might be self-incriminating without the protection of a legal grant of…
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- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
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