Salter v. State

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for theft by conversion. Held:

1. Error is asserted because the trial court denied defendant’s motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict made on the grounds that venue was not proven as there was no evidence that the defendant had exercised control over the converted property in Washington County, the county in which the trial was held, as required by Code Ann. § 26-1811 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249; 1972, pp. 841, 842).

“When there is no conflict in the evidence, and the evidence introduced ... shall demand a…