Wooten v. State

Pannell, Presiding Judge.

K. L. Wooten appeals his conviction from indictments charging him with obstruction of an officer and simple battery. In addition to the general grounds, appellant enumerates error in the trial court’s refusal to direct a verdict and in the court’s alleged refusal "to hear or entertain Appellant’s Motion For Directed Verdict of Acquittal.”

The central issue presented in this case concerns the legality of appellant’s arrest in Bartow County by a policeman for the City of Acworth, located in Cobb County. While on patrol duty in Acworth, Officer Williams spotted a speeding…