State v. Haynie

Jordan, Justice.

This court granted certiorari in Haynie v. State, 141 Ga. App. 688 (234 SE2d 406) (1977), to consider the question of whether the victim of a crime can be required to undergo surgery to remove a bullet from his body.

Haynie was convicted of the offense of aggravated assault by shooting. Prior to the trial he filed a motion to produce reciting that: the state has possession of the gun which was in his possession the night of the shooting; he has learned that the bullet which struck the victim is still in his person; if the bullet is removed, he believes that ballistic tests will…