Legal Opinion

In re Crane

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 8, 1985No. 68356Published

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This court entered a judgment in the above-styled case at 171 Ga. App. 31 (318 SE2d 709) (1984), affirming the judgment of the trial court. The judgment of this court was reversed on certiorari by the Supreme Court in In re Crane, 253 Ga. 667 (324 SE2d 443) *720(1985), which overruled Pedigo v. Celanese Corp. of America, 205 Ga. 392 (54 SE2d 252) (1949), and its progeny holding that henceforth the standard of proof in criminal contempt cases is the beyond-reasonable-doubt standard rather than the preponderance-of-evidence standard. The judgment of this court heretofore…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re CraneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  2. Pedigo v. Celanese Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. In re CraneCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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