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STATE OF GA. v. ANDREWS

32937.

240 Ga. 531 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 153

STATE OF GEORGIA v. ANDREWS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Charron, District Attorney, Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.

Barnes & Browning, Thomas J. Browning, Roy E. Barnes, for appellees.

MARSHALL, Justice.

This case draws into question the constitutionality of the local Act of the General Assembly creating an office of magistrate for the State Court of Cobb County (Ga. L. 1974, p. 2212). The Cobb Superior Court struck down the Act on various procedural and substantive, state and federal constitutional grounds. We disagree and reverse.

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