Legal Opinion
Hannah v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 18, 1958No. 37052PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gardner, Presiding Judge.
If the Recorder’s Court of the City of Augusta had legal authority to try the defendant, the City Court of Richmond County had no authority to try him again for the same offense. The Constitution of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 1116; Code, Ann., § 2-4102), omitting the part referring to ratification, reads as follows: “The courts of ordinary shall have such powers in relation to roads, bridges, ferries, public buildings, paupers, county officers, county funds, county taxes and other county matters as may be conferred on them by law.
“The court of ordinaiy shall have…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Welborne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Epping v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Clarke v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Jenkins v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Moseley v. GarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kolker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Commonwealth v. CabellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Kolker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- State v. FowlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- Kolker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
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