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Supreme Court of Georgia, 1962

Edenfield v. State

Edenfield v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided October 30, 1962 · Grice
218 Ga. 450; 128 S.E.2d 331; 1962 Ga. LEXIS 527

Edenfield v. State

Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

Code Ann. § 26-6301 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 801) having been declared unconstitutional and void by this court in the case of Simpson v. State, 218 Ga. 337 (127 SE2d 907), it was error to overrule the general demurrer and to deny *451the motion of the defendant to quash, both of which attacked the constitutionality of the law under which he was indicted and convicted.

Submitted October 8, 1962 Decided October 30, 1962. John J. Sullivan, for plaintiff in error. Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Solicitor General, Sylvan A. Garfunkel, Assistant Solicitor General, contra.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur.

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