Legal Opinion

Mullis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 13, 1943No. 14602PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Under the evidence and the rules stated in the opinion, it was for the jury to find whether the arrest without warrant of the defendant by the deceased city police officer was legal because of the commission of a misdemeanor in the presence of the officer, or because of the violation of a city ordinance in his presence and an arrest within the city limits; or whether the arrest was illegal because no misdemeanor was committed in the presence of the officer, or the arrest for the violation of a city ordinance was made outside of the corporate limits; and for the jury to find whether or not the…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Keener v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  2. Monroe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
  3. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  4. Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  5. McCray v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. People v. CurtisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Woodard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  3. Lynda Sue Hancock v. Richard M. Hobbs, City of MariettaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  4. Best v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1954

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