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McDonald v. StateMcDonald v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia
Aug 17, 1906
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Beck
Beck, J.

1. A motion to set aside the judgment is not ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍the appropriate

remedy in a criminal case if the indictment is void. The judgment may be arrested upon motion made during ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍the term at which the verdict is rendered, or the prisoner may be discharged upon a writ of habeas corpus ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍at any time thereafter, if no question as to the validity of the indictment was adjudicated at the trial. Griffin v. Eaves, 114 Ga. 65. See ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍also Moore v. Wheeler, 109 Ga. 62; Duren v. Stephens, ante, 496.

2. In the case of Regopoulas v. State, 116 Ga. 596, no question was made as to the remedy by motion to set aside being ‍​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍appropriate.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Fish, O. J., absent.

Case Details

Case Name: McDonald v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Georgia
Date Published: Aug 17, 1906
Citations: 126 Ga. 536; 55 S.E. 235; 1906 Ga. LEXIS 434
Court Abbreviation: Ga.
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