Kindle v. State

Beasley, Judge.

On January 23, 1986, a jury found Kindle guilty of abandonment of his illegitimate minor child (OCGA § 19-10-1), and he was sentenced on the same day. The following day, Kindle filed a notice of appeal from the conviction and sentence. On February 25, he filed a motion for new trial alleging the general grounds, and it was denied on March 3. No notice of appeal was filed from the order denying the motion for new trial.

1. The state has petitioned this court to dismiss the appeal on the bases that the notice of appeal filed on January 24, 1986, was premature and that appellant…