Glinton v. AND R, INC.

I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion that OCGA § 7-4-18, the criminal usury statute, and OCGA § 44-12-130 et seq., the pawnbroker statute, are in irreconcilable conflict such that the former cannot apply to pawn transactions. On the contrary, I believe the statutes can and must be read in harmony with one another. “When the courts are called upon to determine if there is a conflict between statutes they are required to undertake to construe them together and seek to give full effect to both laws as representing all of the legislative intention. [Cit.]” Fulton County v. Corp.…