MULLINS v. STATE

20923.

216 Ga. 183 (1960)

115 S.E.2d 547

MULLINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Holley, for plaintiff in error.

Sam. P. Burtz, Solicitor-General, Butt & Spence, Robert K. Ballew, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Rubye G. Jackson, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. The only general ground of the motion for new trial insisted on is that the verdict was without evidence to support it.

It is the position of the defendant that the evidence demanded a verdict of acquittal, because the deceased was attempting to arrest him unlawfully and hence he had a right to defend himself against such arrest. The point is not well taken. The evidence showed without conflict that the deceased, an officer of the law...

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