Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Wynn v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 28, 1972No. 47154Published

1ConcurrenceClark, Judge

Initially I concurred in the reversal opinion on the authority of Lynch v. State, 108 Ga. App. 650 (134 SE2d 526). I was further influenced by the views expressed in Pickler v. State, 220 Ga. 224 (138 SE2d 171) where the Supreme Court reversed a conviction because the trial judge charged the alternatives open to an accused in the exact language of Code Ann. § 38-415. This was followed by our court in Cameron v. State, 123 Ga. App. 284 (180 SE2d 555). I recognize the difference between the case at bar in which we have the judge voluntarily advising an accused as to his rights upon taking the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Abrams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  3. Hart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  4. Hunsinger v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  5. Lynch v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963

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