Legal Opinion
Hargrove v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 2, 1984No. 40938PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
Appellants Hargrove, Kelly and Swetman were indicted for the offenses of dogfighting, gambling and commercial gambling. The jury convicted each of them of dogfighting and gambling and convicted Hargrove and Swetman on the commercial gambling counts. On appeal they raise the constitutionality of OCGA § 16-12-37, the dogfighting law and the sufficiency of the evidence relating to all other counts. We hold the statute to be constitutional and affirm.
Appellants were arrested when law enforcement officers from Mitchell County, Dougherty County and the GBI raided a dogfight being…
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