Legal Opinion

Purvis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 7, 1977No. 54446PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

The appellant Purvis was convicted at a bench trial of the misdemeanor of making and uttering a bad check in violation of Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249,1288; 1975, pp. 482,483 (Code Ann. § 26-1704). He was sentenced to pay a fine and to serve 12 months, probated upon the payment of $3,135.72 restitution. He appeals the conviction and sentence, enumerating four alleged errors. Held:

Though appellant enumerated four errors, they all revolve around whether the state proved that the check in question was presented for a present consideration or was for a past consideration and thus simply,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  2. Strong v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Dunn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  4. Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Rhodes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  2. Pittman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Bowers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Pittman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  5. Pittman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980

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