Wharton v. State

May 9, 1978
55694
Reporters:
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Before:
Quillian
Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendants appeal their convictions for attempted theft and aggravated assault. Held:

1. The Supreme ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍Court in State v. Middlebrooks, 236 Ga. 52 (222 SE2d 343), has already adversely decided the *881question raised with regard to the failure to hold a commitment hearing.

Submitted April 6, 1978 Decided May ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍9, 1978. Memory & Thomas, Bruce M. Walker, for appellants. Dewey Hayes, District Attorney, M. C. Pritchard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

2. Testimony by a witness as to statements made to him by one ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍of the defendants was not inadmissible as hearsay. Sheffield v. State, 107 Ga. App. 610 (3) (131 SE2d 76).

3. Under the circumstances here, and absent a proper request, it was not ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍error to fail to charge on the “presumption of good general character.” See Knighton v. State, 72 Ga. App. 43 (32 SE2d 861); Widner v. State, 197 Ga. 542, 545 (2) (30 SE2d ‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‍97).

4. The evidence was sufficient to authorize the verdict.

Judgments affirmed.

Webb and McMurray, JJ., concur.