Georgia Court of Appeals, 1946

Jacobs v. State

Jacobs v. State
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided March 14, 1946 · Gardner, Broyles, Sutton, MacIntyre, Felton, Parker
37 S.E.2d 438; 73 Ga. App. 550; 1946 Ga. App. LEXIS 357 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Jacobs v. State

Opinion of the Court

Gardner, J.

There being a dissent in the division of this court to which this case was originally assigned, the case was considered by the court as a whole, pursuant to the act of the General Assembly approved March 8, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 232 ). The controlling question in this case was certified by the court, as a whole, to the Supreme Court.

Under the decision of the Supreme Court, rendered January 17, 1946, it was held: β€œThe statute of limitations approved February 9, 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 245), has no application where the disbarment proceedings are based on conviction for crime involving moral turpitude.”

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, O. J., Sutton, P. J., MacIntyre, Felton and Parker, JJ., concur. *551 Howard, Camp &aTUler, Harold Karp, for plaintiff in error. E. E. Andrews, solicitor-general, Burwood T. Pye, contra.

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