Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 18, 1966No. 41674PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of burglary with intent to rape. On the trial the following evidence was presented: The defendant was apprehended at about 2:45 p.m. on the porch of a house occupied by two young women. He was attempting to open the doors and windows. When one of the occupants asked what he was doing there he mumbled something incomprehensible and continued trying to open the doors, kicking and lunging at them. One of the occupants cracked the glass in a door with the barrel of a gun. The defendant broke the glass out of the door with his fist and reached…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  2. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
  3. Little v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
  4. Horton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Powers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  2. Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  4. Heath v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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