GA 17-9-63 - GA 17-9-63

JUDICIAL DECISIONS What constitutes "the face of the record or pleadings." - When it is sought to arrest a judgment imposing a sentence in a criminal case "the face of the record or pleadings" have been held to be the indictment, plea, verdict, and judgment. Hall v. State, 202 Ga. 42 , 42 S.E.2d 130 (1947). Defects which will sustain a motion in arrest of judgment generally. - In order to sustain a motion in arrest of judgment, the defects must appear on the face of the record and must be fatal defects. Hatcher v. State, 176 Ga. 454 , 168 S.E. 278 (1933). Enumerations of error which do not relate to unamendable defects appearing on the face of the record show no ground for reversal. Yarbrough v. State, 119 Ga. App. 46 , 166 S.E.2d 35 (1969). Motion reaches defects, not cured by verdict, to...