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149 Ga. App. 866

Etchison v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 8, 1979

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1979-05-08

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently March 1998

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[t]he question of venue is to be decided by the jury and its decision as to venue will not be set aside where there is any evidence to support it.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 231 Ga. App. 61 - Joiner v. State

Relies on Johns v. State · 122 Ga. App. 800 - Travis v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1979-05-08

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Quillian, Presiding Judge.

¶1The defendant appeals his conviction for child abandonment.

¶21. "The question of venue is to be decided by the jury and its decision as to venue will not be set aside where there is any evidence to support it.” Johns v. State, 239 Ga. 681, 682 (238 SE2d 372). Here there was evidence that the *867plaintiff lived in DeKalb County; that her child lived with her, that she lived at her present address for 3 years. This was sufficient to establish venue pursuant to Code Ann. § 74-9902 (Code § 74-9902; as amended through Ga. L. 1976, p. 1015).

Submitted April 5,1979 —Decided May 8, 1979.J. C. Daugherty, for appellant.John R. Thompson, Solicitor, R. Winston Harvey, Jr., Assistant Solicitor, for appellee.

¶32. The trial judge did not unduly restrict cross examination concerning the prosecuting witness’ association with other men. Travis v. State, 122 Ga. App. 800 (2) (178 SE2d 741).

¶43. The evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict.

¶5Judgment affirmed.

Smith and Birdsong, JJ., concur.
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