Legal Opinion

Britten v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 31, 1965No. 22938Published

1Opinion of the Court

221 Ga. 97 (1965)

143 S.E.2d 176

BRITTEN

v.

THE STATE.

22938.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued May 10, 1965.

Decided May 31, 1965.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1965.

J. Gordon Young, Roberts & Thornton, Jack M. Thornton, Lee R. Grogan, for plaintiff in error.

W. B. Skipworth, Solicitor General, Eugene Cook, Attorney General, J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney General, contra.

CANDLER, Justice.

Earnest Britten was indicted in Muscogee County for the murder of James Lee McBride. When his case was called for trial, he waived formal arraignment, copy of the indictment, list of the witnesses sworn against him…

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2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Rogers v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Payne v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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