Legal Opinion · Concurrence

O'QUINN v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 1970No. 44804Published

1Concurrence

Whitman, Judge,

concurring specially. 1. I concur in Division 1 of the opinion.

2. Division 2 of the opinion deals with enumeration of error No. 1 and refers to Bracewell v. State, 10 Ga. App. 830 (74 SE 440). This case involved an accusation of the offense of affray and not for the offense of assault and battery. These are separate and distinct offenses, the offense of affray being that defined and punishable under Code § 26-5303. Moreover, the Bracewell case, decided when the Court of Appeals consisted of three judges, was a decision by only two of the judges, the third judge not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pippin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  2. Bracewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
  3. Pippin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931

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