Legal Opinion

Sinclair v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 10, 1996No. A95A1903Published

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged, via a multi-count indictment, with committing the offenses of terroristic threats and acts, felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer, simple battery and simple assault. The State entered a nolle prosequi with regard to the simple battery charge and brought defendant before a jury on the remaining charges, proving (at trial) that defendant was arrested while he was on a drunken rampage at a low-income trailer park in Cobb County, Georgia. In response to undisputed proof that he violently resisted arrest, defendant testified that he was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Bright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  3. State v. ErwinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
  4. Dickerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  5. Love v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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