Legal Opinion

Mize v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 2, 1974No. 48905PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Clark, Judge.

The instant case in which appellant appeals from a conviction for simple battery developed from a melee in an eating establishment. While waiting in a customer line for service a young white female complained to her husband that one of five young black males who had come into the place had "pinched” her. A white male in the line pointed out the defendant as the offender. The accused denied the charge. A fight followed. The end result of the altercation at the restaurant was arrests and trials of the negroes. See Morehead v. State, 130 Ga. App. 166 (202 SE2d 578) for facts and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Goodrum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  4. Hightower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  2. James Ross, Jr. v. Theodore RistainoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
  3. Hardy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Mize v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Deering v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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