Cowart v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Cowart v. State

181 S.E.2d 518, 123 Ga. App. 495, 1971 Ga. App. LEXIS 1276

Court of Appeals of Georgia·Decided March 19, 1971·No. 45994·Published

Opinion

Pannell, Judge.

Where the defendant was charged with uttering and delivering a check then and there knowing that he would not have sufficient funds or credit with the bank for its payment, and, upon the trial of the case, it appeared that his account was levied upon by the Federal Government on a claim of past due income taxes sometime prior to the giving of the check, but it does not appear how long before the giving of the check such levy was made, or that the defendant at the time he issued and uttered the check had notice of same, the evidence was insufficient to convict.

Judgment reversed.

Bell, C. J., and Deen, J., concur.

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Pannell, Judge.

Where the defendant was charged with uttering and delivering a check then and there knowing that he would not have sufficient funds or credit with the bank for its payment, and, upon the trial of the case, it appeared that his account was levied upon by the Federal Government on a claim of past due income taxes sometime prior to the giving of the check, but it does not appear how long before the giving of the check such levy was made, or that the defendant at the time he issued and uttered the check had notice of same, the evidence was insufficient to convict.

Judgment reversed.

Bell, C. J., and Deen, J., concur.

Cowart v. State, 181 S.E.2d 518, 123 Ga. App. 495, 1971 Ga. App. LEXIS 1276 (Ga. Ct. App. 1971).

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