Fields v. State

211 Ga. 335 (1955)

85 S.E.2d 753

FIELDS

v.

THE STATE.

18779.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued November 8, 1954.

Decided January 10, 1955.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1955.

H. O. Hubert, Jr., Thomas O. Davis, for plaintiff in error.

Roy Leathers, Solicitor-General, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, W. Harvey Armistead, Rubye G. Jackson, contra.

HAWKINS, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, Jennings Edward Fields, was indicted in DeKalb Superior Court for the murder on February 6, 1954, of James L. Mize, a peace officer of DeKalb County. The record discloses that, on February 6, 1954, the Police Department of…