Williams v. State

Hall, Judge.

This is the first direct appeal from the Criminal Court of Fulton County pursuant to the amendment to the Georgia Constitution ratified November 1967 and the Act authorizing such appeals to the Court of Appeals of Georgia, effective January 1, 1969 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 941; Ga. L. 1968, pp. 2969, 2970). The defendant appeals from the trial court’s overruling of his motion to suppress the prosecution’s evidence and to dismiss the accusation against him for assault of a police officer, the trial court having certified the' order for immediate review.

At the hearing on the motion the…