Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Brown v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 9, 1989No. A89A0484Published

1ConcurrenceBeasley, Judge

I concur in Divisions 1 and 2. With respect to Division 3,1 concur as we have followed this procedure before. Lark v. State, 190 Ga. App. 821 (380 SE2d 505) (1989).

However, it should be noted that defendant did not raise this issue in the trial court, as could have been done. New counsel filed a notice of appeal instead of first seeking correction in the trial court. Doing so would have met what the Supreme Court regards as “a requisite of a sound system of criminal justice, serving alike the proper ends of defendants and of the public, [which is] that any contention concerning the violation…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  4. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  5. Lark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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