Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922

Hicks v. State

Hicks v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided December 12, 1922 · Luke
29 Ga. App. 272; 114 S.E. 911; 1922 Ga. App. LEXIS 237

Hicks v. State

Opinion of the Court

Luke,- J.

The indictment, which was for extortion by a public .officer (Penal Code of 1910, §§ 302-3), charged that the defendant extorted $30 in money from J. B. Brantley, and that this money was the property of J. B. Brantley, whereas the undisputed evidence showed that the $30, if extorted at all, was extorted from P. B. Brantley (brother of J. B. Brantley), and that it was the property of P. B. Brantley. This was a fatal variance between the indictment and the proof, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Broyles, O. J., and Blooclworth, J., concur.

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