Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 8, 1979No. 57208PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of two counts of aggravated assault and one count of simple assault. From the evidence, the jury would have been authorized to find that the defendant entered the Southern Press Company building in Macon, Georgia, on November 19, 1977, and asked for "Mr. Chatfield.” Mr. Hatfield was the company owner and president. When the defendant was told Mr. Hatfield was not in he exhibited a knife and stated "Mr. Chatfield put me in prison and I’m going to get him.” The witness related that defendant told her "if he couldn’t get him, he was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Potts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Durham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Pippins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  5. Pollard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. FreeIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  2. State v. PreyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  3. State v. JennerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  4. State v. Erick O. MagettWisconsin Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Awtrey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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