Fair v. State

I cannot agree to the conclusion of the majority that the rule of practice provided in the Act of 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, pp. 224, 234; Code Arm. § 6-919) that permits two or more persons who are defendants or plaintiffs in an action to file joint bills of exceptions by judicial construction permits a single defendant in a criminal case to file a single bill of exceptions to two separate convictions. The 1957 rule relates only to situations where there are two or more plaintiffs or defendants in one action and does not relate to situations where there is one person who is a party to two different…