Legal Opinion
Echols v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 20, 1983No. 65979PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
Franklin D. Echols brings this appeal from his convictions of aggravated assault and recidivism. Held:
1. Defendant was indicted on three counts: (1) aggravated assault, (2) simple battery, and (3) recidivism. Counts 1 and 2 were in fact the same transaction yet fictitiously set forth as two separate crimes. See generally in this regard Mobley v. State, 101 Ga. App. 317, 326 (113 SE2d 654) (1960); Tooke v. State, 4 Ga. App. 495 (3) (61 SE 917) (1908). Defendant attempted to plead guilty to Counts 2 and 3 at his arraignment hearing held April 30,1982. The trial court deferred a…
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