GA 17-7-51 - GA 17-7-51

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Applicability to accusations in city courts. - Former Code 1933, § 27-701 and 27-702 (see O.C.G.A. §§ 17-7-53 , 17-7-54 and 17-7-70 ) have no applicability to accusations in city courts when, under special legislation establishing the various city courts, it was provided that the accusation must be founded upon the affidavit of the prosecutor, and the affidavit was made a substitute for the formal finding of the grand jury as to the misdemeanors triable in the city courts in question. The affidavit which was the basis for the issuance of a warrant to arrest is not to be confused with the affidavit which forms the basis of the accusation in many of the city courts. Brown v. State, 82 Ga. App. 673 , 62 S.E.2d 732 (1950). Distinction between indictment and special presentme...