Case Name: THE STATE v. CLENDININ (two cases)
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1975-10-23
Citations: 136 Ga. App. 303
Docket Number: 51265, 51266
Parties: THE STATE v. CLENDININ (two cases).
Judges: Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 136
Pages: 303–304

Head Matter:
51265, 51266.
THE STATE v. CLENDININ (two cases).

Opinion:
Bell, Chief Judge.
These are appeals by the state from orders of acquittal entered by the trial court under Code § 27-1901, which requires that action when a defendant is not tried within two terms of court when demand for trial is made and juries are empaneled. Held:
Code Ann. § 6-1001 (a) must be construed strictly against the state in allowing appeals under the specific conditions provided by the General Assembly. State v. Holloman, 132 Ga. App. 304 (208 SE2d 167). Under the above statute an appeal by the state is authorized from: (a) An order setting aside or dismissing an indictment or information or any count thereof; (b) from an order arresting a judgment of conviction on legal grounds; (c) from an order sustaining a plea or motion in bar, when the defendant has not been put in jeopardy; and (d) from an order sustaining a motion to suppress illegally seized evidence made and ruled upon prior to the empaneling of a jury. An order discharging and acquitting a defendant under Code § 27-1901 does not fall within any of the above appealable judgments. The appeals must be dismissed. State v. Warren, 133 Ga. App. 793, 796 (213 SE2d 53).
Submitted October 6, 1975
Decided October 23, 1975.
E. Mullins Whisnant, District Attorney, for appellant.
Jay W. Fitt, for appellees.
Appeals dismissed.
Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur.