Legal Opinion

O'QUINN v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 1970No. 44804PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

This is. an appeal from a conviction and sentence for assault and battery. Held:

1. The motion of the State to dismiss the appeal for the alleged failure to file a transcript within the time allowed by law, without obtaining any orders in the trial court to extend the time, is denied.

In reaching this decision we note that the trial judge, acting pursuant to his authority under § 13(b) of the Appellate Practice Act, as amended in 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1072, 1074; Code Ann. § 6-809 (b)) denied a substantially identical motion, and we also note the provisions of § 13 (d),…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fahrig v. GarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  2. Bracewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. CollettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Sloan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Robert John Morgan, for Himself and for All Others Similarly Situated v. Charles A. Wofford, as Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Falkenhainer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Miller v. ParksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971

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