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261 Ga. App. 98

Cash v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 2, 2003

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 2003-05-02

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 2015

7 state decisions

Relies on State v. Kell · 254 Ga. App. 297 - Culver v. State · 254 Ga. App. 718 - Cash v. State

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Decided 2003-05-02

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Johnson, Presiding Judge.

¶1Relying upon our holding in Culver v. State,1we decided in this case that venue in a Medicaid fraud case brought pursuant to OCGA § 49-4-146.1 (b) (1) (C) was proper in the county in which the defendant submitted and the state processed the fraudulent claims.2

¶2In State v. Kell,3the Supreme Court reversed the decisions in Culver and Cash, holding that prosecutions for Medicaid fraud cases brought under OCGA § 49-4-146.1 (b) (1) (C) may be brought in any county in which an act in furtherance-of the crime took place. Thus, venue was proper not only in the county in which the claims were processed, but also in the county in which the fraudulent documentation was generated.

¶3Accordingly, our decision in Division 2 of Cash v. State is vacated, the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this Court, and the judgment of the trial court as to venue is affirmed. Our decision as to Division 1, sufficiency of the evidence, is not affected.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

Ruffin, P. J., and Ellington, J., concur.

¶5254 Ga. App. 297, 302-303 (1) (b) (562 SE2d 201) (2002).

¶6Cash v. State, 254 Ga. App. 718 (563 SE2d 459) (2002).

¶7276 Ga. 423 (577 SE2d 551) (2003).

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