Griffith v. State

Pope, Judge.

Jerry W. Griffith was convicted on three counts of criminal issuance of a bad check. This case was tried by the court without the intervention of a jury.

1. The Supreme Court has held that the statute under which appellant was convicted, Code Ann. § 26-1704, does not authorize imprisonment for debts and is therefore constitutional. Cobb v. State, 246 Ga. 567 (272 SE2d 299) (1980). Consequently, enumeration no. 1 challenging the constitutionality of this statute is without merit.

2. In his second enumeration appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing an employee of the…