Pressley v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of theft by receiving stolen property and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and to 12 months confinement to be served on probation on *702payment of the fine. Defendant paid the fine. Held:

Argued May 23, 1977 Decided June 30, 1977. Whelchel, Dunlap & Gignilliat, John A. Gram, for appellant. Douglas E. Smith, Solicitor, for appellee.

1. The state, relying on Kowalski v. State, 139 Ga. App. 12 (228 SE2d 19), urges that the appeal is moot by reason of payment of the fine. In Chaplin v. State, 141 Ga. App. 788, 790 (234 SE2d 330), we held that payment of a fine…