Jones v. Mills

Head, Presiding Justice.

The petitioner alleges that, at the time of his indictment, he was a “State official.” Each of the six counts of the indictment charged the petitioner, Jim E. Jones, with a felony, it being charged that, while “Director of the Motor Fuel Tax Unit of the Department of Revenue of the State of Georgia,” he committed the acts and crimes charged in the indictment.

“An individual who has been appointed or elected in a manner prescribed by law, who has a designation or title given him by law, and who' exercises functions concerning the public, assigned to him by law, is a…