Case Name: CARMICHAEL v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1965-09-21
Citations: 112 Ga. App. 313
Docket Number: 41503
Parties: CARMICHAEL v. THE STATE.
Judges: Eberhardt and Pannell, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 313–314

Head Matter:
41503.
CARMICHAEL v. THE STATE.
Argued September 9, 1965
Decided September 21, 1965.
Arthur C. Farrar, for plaintiff in error.
Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General, contra.

Opinion:
Nichols, Presiding Judge.
1. A motion for new trial filed within the time prescribed by Code Ann. § 70-301, and a bill of exceptions certified, served and filed within the times provided by Code Ann. § 6-902, 6-911 and 6-1001 are filed as prescribed by law and the motion to dismiss upon the grounds that the appeal was not timely filed must be overruled.
2. The Act of 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 483), provides for a determinate sentence in all felony cases not punishable by life imprisonment and provides that such Act shall be applicable only to crimes committed after July 1,1964.
(a) In felony cases, not punishable by life imprisonment, where the crime was committed prior to July 1, 1964, the punishment is prescribed by Code Ann. § 27-2502 and 27-2526.
(b) The instructions of the trial court directing the jury to fix punishment in accordance with the Act of 1964, supra, effective as to crimes committed after July 1, 1964, when the crime involved was allegedly committed prior to such date was error requiring the grant of a new trial. See Hurt v. State, 187 Ga. 73 (199 SE 801); Camp v. State, 187 Ga. 76 (200 SE 126).
Judgment reversed.
Eberhardt and Pannell, JJ., concur.