Court Opinion

ID: 9623653
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:39:16.392945+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:05:33.226724
License: Public Domain

Weltner, Justice,
concurring specially.
I agree with the result reached in this case as it appears that when McCannon was sentenced for a misdemeanor, the prosecuting officer actually in attendance was fully aware of the pendency against McCannon of felony charges arising from the same conduct. Hence, the matter falls squarely within the language of OCGA § 16-1-7 (b) (Code Ann. § 26-506), “If the several crimes arising from the same conduct are known to the proper prosecuting officer. . . .”
Properly construed, the statute should apply only to such crimes which are actually known to the prosecuting officer actually handling the proceedings (as here the case). This would obviate the possibility of a miscarriage of justice in cases where the commission of other crimes arising from the same conduct may not be within the actual knowledge of the prosecuting officer actually handling the prosecution.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Justice Marshall joins in this special concurrence.